White people. Imagine if you will a media landscape where
the only images that physically look like you all acted like this.
Where ever you go in the country, around the world, people
see you and assume you act just like the family in Here Comes Honey Boo Boo.
(I know some of you rednecks are saying "that happens
now". I'm saying what if the ONLY images of white people in the media were
exemplified by family of Honey Boo Boo. NO images of George Clooney or Ava
Gardener, Ann Richards or Ronald Reagan.)
Let's rest a minute. Think on this. The tv shows have some
version of this family. Or there's that one character meant to
"represent" white people. Articles about white people beating the
odds include an unwritten subtext – this person had to overcome the
"tragedy" of being born white. Because you know.
Do you see? Do you understand why people of color get
excited when we see images that don't cater to stereotypes? The Asian cop who gets
the bad guys and the girl? The Latina
computer geek? Do you see why it's important for us to see ourselves in the
full breadth of what we are, and not the tiny slice of who some think we are?
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