Feminist Blogger Says You’re Using These ‘Coded Phrases’ To Hide Your Racism

In a perfect world, people can talk without being judged by whiny liberals who are constantly looking for new instances of non-existent racism.

Alas, this isn’t a perfect world.

If you ever want to get a taste of how completely inane these air hogs are, just peruse the headlines over at Everyday Feminism. (I don’t suggest doing so unless you have an alcoholic beverage nearby.)

Which brings me to this.

Everyday Feminism’s Rachel Kuo decided to create a lovely little guide in hopes that we’ll take a long at ourselves in the mirror and realize how racist we truly are.

In the beginning of the article, Kuo actually said that she mentally prepares herself for the emotional hurt she’ll experience before posting an article on social media.

Facebook and other social media platforms are spaces where we can feel both vulnerable and exposed or affirmed and validated. But, it can also be a hurtful space.

 

When I post, even if it’s just sharing an article, I often prepare myself mentally and emotionally for people’s responses.

To which I say, “DUDE! You are in the wrong field. Get over it.” Yet another reason liberals don’t function well in the real world. Conservatives are used to getting trolled by pseudointellects and their mumbo jumbo far before they enter the real world. See, there’s one advantage of being hated by your peers. It builds those nerves of steel. #heartless

Anyway, Kuo has carefully detected five “code phrases” that her “white friends” use to hide their inherent racist nature. She had to make this list, because it’s EVERYWHERE. Racism is everywhere.

For example, in pop culture discussions of racial representation in movies and TV shows, such as Emma Stone playing a mixed race Asian American and Native Hawaiian character, I saw a lot of “You’re being too sensitive. This isn’t a big deal. There are other larger problems.”

 

And throughout the Black Lives Matter Movement, I read posts from people that criticized Black anger by declaring the protests were too violent. Some people continue to declare that all life matters and the protests weren’t respectful of “all lives.”

She’s wholeheartedly convinced that those kinds of “dismissive” comments are designed specifically to silence her and ignore her “very real experience with racism as a person of color” which is “sometimes difficult to articulate and identify why I feel that way.”

Ah yes, the science of feeeeeeeeelings. She allows her emotions to dictate her behaviors, but you can’t question her. You don’t understand the struggle. It’s inexplicable. (But don’t feel bad, she doesn’t really understand it either.)

Since no one understands her, she provided everyone with five key words and phrases she believes we all need to refrain from using:

1. “Not Meaning to be Racist”: Because “if someone doesn’t mean something to be racist, that doesn’t mean that what they’re saying isn’t rooted in racism.”

Maybe this is just me, but I’ve never heard anyone use that phrase before. But whatever.

2. “Illegal”: As in “illegal” immigrants or as she points out, “illegal rioting.”

Let’s not use “illegal“ to describe people. Using “illegal” to describe people is a way to deny people equality within the courts and other systems of bureaucracy. It’s also a racially loaded term.

God forbid we point out when people are, oh I don’t know, acting illegally.

3. “Politically correct”: She believes this is a term “racially privileged people” use when they want to assert their power over a minority. She believes white people use it as a way to get away with “oppressive language.”

I know you’re a chick, but grow a pair. Seriously.

4. “Playing the race card”: As in, what Barack Obama does every single time he tries to “relate” to the back community. Even though he grew up as a spoiled rich white kid. He understands the struggle because he shares a similar skin pigmentation.

5. “Aggressive” and “Divisive”:

Because “calling someone aggressive for expressing their experience of oppression basically implies I don’t care about your experience with oppression or how it makes you feel. I only care about how uncomfortable it makes me.”

No. It has nothing to do with being uncomfortable and everything to do with you being whiny and annoying and accusing everyone who disagrees with you of being racist. That is divisive. Own the word or shut up.

She continues by writing, “One of the most insidious things about racism and white supremacy is how elusive it is – how difficult it is to point out and thus, how easy it is to deny.”

“Learning more about racism requires self-education to learn why certain language is oppressive and how our current policies are rooted in historical and ongoing racism, rather than waiting for people of color to explain why something is harmful. It also demands practicing empathy and letting go of hurt and guilty feelings.”

I’m so sick of this crap. People like Kuo seriously believe that we disagree with her ramblings because we’re racists. That’s the only logical explanation. People like her accuse us of seeing everything through the prism of race, when they’re the individuals who bring it up in literally every single conversation.

Enough is enough. Everyone comes from different backgrounds. (Although for a person who seems to hate stereotypes, Kuo sure does like to classify every white person as rich and privileged.) You can’t control the situation you’re born in, but you can decide to have the right attitude and make your life they way you want it. There’s absolutely nothing stopping you. It doesn’t matter what color you are. If you’re not getting ahead, it’s not because of your race.

Stop with the pathetic excuses. Stop blaming the “system.” Stop blaming “white supremacy.” Stop blaming “coded phrases” and start blaming yourself.