So I'm trying to work out how to communicate this interesting conundrum. I'm using that word a lot, not because I like ambiguity and puzzles, but that's just kind of a theme this weekend. The paradox is that people believe that black conservatives are trying to be white and that the core principle of Republicanism is deny government stuff to blacks, and I can't think of a logical way to disprove them. I mean it would be logical to tell them to go soak their heads, but I am trying to be informative too. I realize I'm being baited, but I'm sure there are people out there who are genuinely confused.
So I went and made a silly video. So silly that I'm not linking to it. You see the problem is that part of my writing thing is self-referential. So I need to involve myself in the answer to make it all personable. Then I'm also dealing with other interesting questions about black culture. So I decided to talk about things that I think that they think are white and black people don't do, but I'm black and I do. The problem is that I don't think of them as 'white' things. So I try class things, upper middle class, and then I come across like a floss rapper.
I cannot guess those things that black people don't do because they think they are too white, but I do. And at this point it's all so confusing that I don't know what any of it means or proves. Lucky for me I read white blogs. And one of those white blogs pointed me to another white blog about stuff white people like.
Now here's the semi-serious question. Do black people who worry about white people actually believe that white people have things that black people ought to have? Do they think that white people use racism to keep black people away from those things they like? If so, then the list of things white people like ought perhaps to be on that list of holes in the level playing field. Thus if black people could get those things that white people like, we'd know we are making progress.
On the other hand, white people might just like things that black people find irritating, offensive or just plain stupid and therefore not worth liking. Well it seems to me that there's only one way to find out, which is to ask some black people if they like the things that this white person says white people like. And then inevitably, there would have to be a blog about things black people like.
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