From: lovegod@wam.umd.edu (Donald Andrew Agarrat)
Subject: Re: The past is done, what now?
Organization: Workstations at Maryland, University of Maryland, College Park
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 23:56:03 GMT

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In article <Bw6BoB.5z5@hpuerca.atl.hp.com>  
mhr@hpuerca.atl.hp.com (Mike Reaser) writes:
} I've been reading this thread with some interest.  However,
} Donald's repeated statements that he's not painting all White
} Folk (tm) with the same brush seem blatantly dishonest, given
} the words he's using.

Well, I have not said that all White Folk (tm) are either one  
way or the other.  I could never know that.

} People have asked you "OK, what do we need to do?" and they're
} accused of complacency.  People try to reason with you, and
} then are told that they cannot understand your viewpoint.

What do you want?  A fifty-year plan or a hundred-year plan?  I  
could keep you busy for the rest of your life and your  
children's lives!  If you want to make change, search your own  
microcosm for things that need to be done.

} Great.  You make accusations of ignorance, then do nothing
} yourself to dispel that ignorance.  If you want awareness or
} action, fine -- just quit being so shrill about how bad your
} situation is, and tell people what to do to help you change
} it.

Just quit being shrill.  Easier said than done.  Just a note:   
You may do whatever you think it is that will remedy the  
problem, but I, personally, may not be satisfied.  I'm not  
asking you to sooth this savage beast and I'm not asking you to  
please me PERSONALLY.  Do everything that you think you can do.   
That's all I can say.

} Wanting change is one thing.  Pointing out how change can
} occur is another.

Okay.  Raise funds of $5 trillion dollars to give black people  
homes and to help their children get educations to get better  
jobs.  Quit your job and go down to your local hospital (if you  
don't live in the suburbs, move) and love some of those border  
babies (and make a stop at the AIDS ward, too).  Gather a couple  
of thousand of your friends (and ex-co-workers) and plan a  
strategic initiative of block our shores from the plague of  
drugs from other countries.  Still have time?  Good, go on tour  
and boycott ALL media (television networks, print, the recording  
industry, movie lots) that helps perpetuate the idea that White  
Is All Right and if you're Black, Get Back!  If you want ME to  
tell you what to do, excuse the expression, but you will be one  
BUSY motherfucker ...

} We've had a TON of the first, but precious little of the
} second.

*laughs*  I believe that scale is broken!

} Many of the points raised have opened my eyes and made this
} mixed breed Celtic/Northern European/Native American/<<fill in
} your favorite here>> realize how my life has been eased by the
} inherent "European male"} slant of our society.  However, the
} avoidance of points raised by others in this thread for
} guidance on how to deal with this is frustrating.

I definitely don't have all the answers.  In fact, I could be  
doing a lot more than what I'm doing.  But at least I'm trying.   
Do that!

Donald - Nigger Stompin' African!