This is going to be a rather short diary. I don’t know who’s gonna read it, but I have a very good idea of who is gonna flag it. To them I say: Kick Rocks! and Have at it! To everyone else that doesn’t get all butt-hurt when uncomfortable truths and opinions about people in general, and women particualr, who happen to be Jewish, please read until the end; it won’t take long, promise. I have attached what I hope is an article from Wonkette, a groovy website that I subscribe to with people that are smart, funny and much more liberal and understanding of their privilege than the folks on this site have become. These folks actually do the work of understanding White Privilege in all its iterations, even as it applies to our good Jewish community. But I digress…
See that link up there? That’s the link to a most wonderful story by BlackGrannyRising. I’ll let you read it for yourself, but it was threadjacked something fierce by the folks here who just had to be heard about all the generalization and such when it came to white women and the bad rap they get.
I mean everything from “exit polls are erroneous to All Lives Matter” — you get the drift. Long story short, I got flagged because of comments I made about Jewish women. Now these comments were originally viewed as antisemitic, so I tried to explain further. Guess what happened? I was flagged again. At this point the “lil Colored Boy from Overtown” came out, even though I KNEW this was a losing battle. But you know what? Instead of being all petty and pouty, because I don’t claim to know anyone else’s experience, I’ll be damned if I was going to let being unfairly labeled an antisemite go without expressing myself. See me, I ain’t that dude that’s gonna allow anybody to tell me what MY experience was/is as it applies to ANYONE or ANYTHING. I am Black, from South Florida and I have experienced some of the most heinous forms of racism and discrimination at the hands of Jewish Women, who in fact claim the mantle of Whiteness as it applies to its value in this country with respect to POC. This by someone old enough to remember “Colored Only” bathrooms and water fountains in the Downtown Miami McCrory’s and Kress stores owned by Jewish families. This from a third generation descendant of women who, as domestic servants worked exclusively for Jewish families, and in my Nana’s (Yiddish words? NO!) case, for the same family over 60 years! Confused yet? Go read the diary comments. It is a laugh riot. But maybe stuff got lost in translation, cuz “lawdy murcy me y’all, I sho nuff don’t rite dat good”. j/k Gotta laugh to keep from pitching a bitch. Anywho, since I got whitesplained to instead of being read with understanding, I figured I’d share a Wonkette post from one of the heavyweights over there to see if that gets the basic point across. Here’s hoping so anyway. If not, no worse than I started.
This ain’t no GBCW or whatever-da-hell-dat-shit-is-called typa diary. If the Mods kick me out, time me out, say mean things about my Mama, then so be it. I dare anyone to read my body of comments here, and come away with an opinion of Anti-anything with the exceptions of Racism and Discrimination. This is maybe my 3rd attempt at writing since joining, and if anything, my writing has not remotely improved, so what the hell…
Oh, and one more thing: As a lifetime member here I do understand, in my almost 60 trips around the Sun aboard the Big Blue Marble, that even the best things come to an end. Maybe I get banned, maybe not. Not up to me. But if you don’t see me again, please believe me: I didn’t JUMP, I was PUSHED!! I love each and every one of you and there’s absolutely nothing you can do about it. Honestly… Read the Wonkette joint and let it marinate…
~Peace and Hair Grease, in the Middle East, YO!~
UPDATE: Fresh off my TIMEOUT. Let’s see how long it takes for me to get BOJO’d. This place is incredible...