THE RACIAL ARGUMENT (WHITE SIDE)

A white family man's view on the race argument

 

I am so tired of race-baiters crying racism!
I'm sick of hearing about their false racial pain!
They all just want a hook-up or a hand-out! 
To them race is an excuse and a game.

My opinion doesn't make me a racist. 
I work hard to make my own way. 
I have never begged for a hand-out. 
I faithfully show up for work every day. 

What makes blacks feel they are special? 
Their leaders push guilt provoking rhetoric all the time.

The real truth is that slavery is long past and over! 
I don't owe any minority a single portion of my dime! 

I never lynched any of their ancestors. 
I would never use that stupid "N" word.  
The time has passed for apologies and reparations. 
Old racism is dead, so the idea is simply absurd! 

The news shows their kids dealing poison. 
They walk with their pants down to their knees. 
Rappers molest and grope our innocent young women. 
They slur our language with Ebonics and drug induced pleas.

My Facebook friends claim my ideas are racist. 
I simply think violent blacks deserve their ignorant fate. 
I don't think it's racist to ask, "Where the Hell is their parent?"
How many welfare babies do we allow them to make?

No...I'm a hardworking and faithful American.
I simply speak the truth about the things we all see. 
There are millions of black people with their hands out whining. 
They expect people like me to give them everything for free! 

© 2013 Eddie Phillips

Author's Note

I wrote this in response to some hateful things I read about blacks wanting only to get handouts. I also get tired of every white person being labeled a racist. I wrote two poems. I tried to be honest from both sides and I didn't post a picture with either one looking angry and bitter because I am tired of that crap. Bottom line is that things are different depending on how you look at it. All black people are not looking for handouts! All white people are not racist! We just don't communicate and then we make assumptions. You need to read both to get the full story.

Reviews

[Frieda P]

An entertaining read Eddie, funny you should do it from a white man's point of view, I guess we've heard it all already, we all make assumptions to some degree, you've written it quite aptly! The full story is in the eye of the beholder....unfortunately.

[Anand Sehgal]

work hard and make your own way. Do not bother about anything else.

[Baby Ricochet]

I think it's a travesty America doesn't have an adequate safety net for the poor and there's an underlying assumption that people who are poor are somehow at fault for their plight. Poverty is a near impossible cycle to break. Racism is just to stupid for me to even comment on.

[A. H. Pinley]

We're encouraged not to communicate about the issue. We are reminded that Black America is different than White America. Some how White America is holding out on the "Real" American Dream. Some how White America has withheld opportunity from Black America. I like you Eddie am tired of all the BS surrounding race relations. I believe both races want to be independent of the federal government. We want to she our children become great Americans and when I say that I mean rising to their fullest potential. The Black family has been destroyed along with the White family and welfare is to blame.

[Rita L. Sev]

We just don't communicate... and with that statement, you have said it all... I have heard these comments from people in my neighborhood, and years ago from my own grandfather. Shameful comments that I did not understand then, and know are not true now. You are gifted with insight, Eddie...

[Michael G. Smith]

Man, you really brought the truth here! Checkout my poem painting by numbers.

[Ni1408]

A bit of a generalisation there

[Eddie Phillips]

No, I am posting this in response to "4" articles I just read making the same assumptions. This is the first part of a dual poem. Race is nothing to hide from and the problem is we never really hear each other on either side. Its kind of sad! LOL Thanks for reading. Hopefully you will read he next part.

[Brandon S. Whitten]

Racism, oy vey...As always Eddie an excellent read and write. One of these days we'll see each other as family.

[Eddie Phillips]

We are brothers! I wrote this in response to posts that were made suggesting that "All" blacks just want a handout. its so stupid to say that but 4 people from different parts of the country at different times of the year all made this assumption. This is a poem that starts the conversation. It allows us to see the parallax view. Thanks for reviewing brother.