White Privilege, A Racist Term

Alrighty folks, I am here to stir the sh*t pot, and..truth is, I really don't care what you think of my personal opinion, because....I am still, sort of, allowed to have one!

  There have been a few terms in the past 5-6 years that have been strewn about willy nilly, without thought or consideration. Folks are branding others on the opposite side of the trending "band Wagon" and somehow it is acceptable. It is NOT acceptable, and should be held to the same standards as all these other so called, politically incorrect terms. 

  To bold face tell someone because they are born a specific race, they are privileged is...Racist. It is lumping every single person into one slot, simply because of Race, it is assuming because of their race, they are, smarter, dumber, meaner, nicer, better looking, ugly, rich or poor, etc etc..That is Racist, folks!! Racism is judging all by their genetic makeup, and sorry..that is NOT limited to White folks. But to tell a whole race, they are somehow privileged, is absolute racism. To have a government that spews muck against one race (of which the majority of Liberals are), stating we are all somehow privileged, and riling the whole country up against us/me, is insanity. To state it is O.K. to lump folks of a lighter shade of pale into one category, is causing hate, and that, as far as I understand, a crime. 

  I imagine most folks have heard the term..walk a mile in my shoes, and basically you may have some understanding of what my life is like. That might indeed bring some understanding, but then again, some folks are filled with so much anger, I am not sure if it would work. 

  Privilege is in all races. Most folks have far more privilege than myself. Privilege most often comes with wealth. If only White folks had the ability to create wealth, then perhaps this term would be acceptable, but they are not. Some White folks are the poorest of the poor, and have absolutely NO privileges. This does not mean other races are not as poor, but facts are, colour has diddly to do with privilege.  

  Maybe some companies do not hire many races beyond White, but..again, folks, facts are , we have rules that insist on hiring "minorities" (I have put the italics, because I am now unsure if white folks are indeed the majority), but we also have companies that still insist on hiring the folks best suited, if they are allowed. Do you want even steven numbers for a professional, or do you want the best? I , myself would pick the best, no matter what they looked like..because I believe a person's character is what is on the inside, not their outward appearance! To scream and shout because a business does not have a specific number of races or sexes, is , in my opinion CRAP! I do not believe a person can have a sense of pride in their job, if they were simply hired to reach a quota ..one , no matter what race, creed , colour,or sexuality should want to be hired because they are good, and the other candidates were not as qualified! 

  Some of those despot countries in Africa, are filled with folks who have nothing, children who starve and are sick, and these countries are ruled by Africans, yes, their own! So who is privileged there? Yep, those who are wealthy..they have the power! 

  Here is another fact, if Jane Doe applies for a job, as receptionist, in a business run by, lets just say, East Asians(just picking a race, not picking on them). She is white, she is a bit overweight, and has psoriasis, but boy she is incredibly qualified, and her competition is, a beautiful slender East Asian, with little qualification, who do you think will get the job. Will she be able to complain to the departments within government that she didn't get the job because she was White? Nope!! You know I am stating fact. So, this racism is allowed, right? But turn that around..and we would be watching this on the 6 o'Clock news. There may even be protests against the company..but hey, this is the new politically correct state we live in.

  I was raised to understand, there are others smarter than myself, and often, all I could offer an employee was a good work ethic, but little experience. I do NOT believe, I was ever hired for a job because of my race! Perhaps it is because I spent my growing years in an isolated community made up mostly of us horrid privileged, white folks, and a few First Nations folks. But guess what, some of the people I most admired, or thought were incredibly attractive, were the First Nations folks. My babysitter was a teenaged, part Native girl, who I thought was beautiful, and also a ton of fun. Her brother was the crush of most of the girls in town. So...maybe we were brought up in a time that no one gave a crap about genetics? Davy Gunanoot was one of the most respected elders in our community, and surprise, he was NOT white. I don't think the lot of us cared who our friends ancestors were, someone was either nice, or not nice. 

  Yes, I grew up as a bit of a chunky person, in my teen years. I was one of those picked last for games, because..I was never very athletic. But..fact is , it was usually my friends who picked the team, and...hard as it was to be the last or second to last chosen, I understood, they picked the better players first. So, after the games, we simply picked up our friendships are carried on. I admit, it was not easy, but again, I had less qualifications for the "Job".Reality often sucks, but that is how one develops a back bone.

  I think folks have forgotten how to build a back bone. They look for excuses for their lives in others. They mistake years of hard work to get somewhere in life, as privilege. 

  If one ,like Justin Trudeau, or Will Smith believe I, as a white person is privileged, they are talking smack. They, are in fact privileged. Yep..two completely different races, but both incredibly privileged. 

  I sometimes watch "bathroom" TV and have watched Shah's of Sunset. Iranians, in my country believe (thanks in most part to Government) that white people are privileged..Hah! I have never seen such privilege before, as on that show. So...again, who is privileged? 

  I find that term hurtful. I am sick and tired of sitting quietly while I am insulted. I cannot for the life of me,understand why I am suppose to accept this term. I see far more privilege within other races than in my little world. I come from a tree of very hard working people, all the way back to the 1500s, They struggled and trust me, they faced odds no one now could manage (yes, I am proud of my ancestry), and so far, I have not found a single ancestor who had any privilege because they were white. They were poor, hard working folks, with a great sense of pride in asking for nothing from others. Their only privilege was the understanding they survived. 

  So, I am standing up and screeching, I feel this term is hate directed at me..so what is the government going to do about it? I believe this term is far from Politically correct..it is mean and nasty, and if this is privilege, I would prefer to hand it over to another race!!! They are welcome to my privilege!!! 

Covid... Fact Fallacy or Experiment?

 If I were a highly intelligent, patient, or agreeable person, I am sure I would not be in the conundrum I am presently in. I am none of the above, however, because I do not ever, simply accept anything without questioning.I will do this until I have answers, and I can make sense of the who, what , when, where, and why. I spend large amounts of time pondering. 

  These recent events have me baffled. WTF is going on in this world with this Covid crap? I call it crap, because with all those folks who are apparently highly intelligent,  seem to be adding, and subtracting from what they are saying, every single day, and they don't appear to know their asses from a hole in the ground. So...that, in itself, has me asking questions. 

  I understand it is a virus. O.K. that I can accept. Stories, and fables concerning where it came from, run rampant. Bats, labs, China, not China, but clearly China...But don't say it came from China, because it is not politically correct...

 It is , as stated by our well renown Prime Minister, spread by speaking moistly, but can be killed by washing your hands! You don't need to wear as mask, unless you have it, masks do not help stop it..ooops, now we all must wear masks! Do not leave your community. Put up road blocks to stop outsiders from entering your area. But, hey, go out and about, mingling with all sorts of folks, because somehow when you step foot in your own area, you are washed clean. Keep seniors safe, use extra precautions with them..but..go ahead drive them on over to Wal-Mart so they can be surrounded by the unwashed society. 

  Do not leave your communities, but allow the one person who is apparently in charge of your country, and your safety,  to randomly holiday with his family all over hell's 1/2 acre. 

  Close the borders with our neighbour country, but keep those international flights humming. I am sorry, but common sense (yes, that is basically what I tend to favour) tells me, stop those freaking planes from picking up folks in other countries,  and likely predominantly, China...where this clearly started. What the heck is the matter with government. They shut down business all over the place, putting average working folks in economic defeat, yet let airlines spew out carriers without any proper checks. Ellis Island had better safety measures than modern day Canada. 

  And the biggest questionable part of it all..shut down Parliament!! When our whole country is going down the toilet, our fearful (not fearless) leader decides those in charge will just go home! Well he isn't home..he is everywhere but at work. Those who get paid, as well as loads of perks and benefits (like paid holidays to Africa) to keep things running, walk out the door, and then those with the keys to the vault, tear through our money shredding it like rodents on a rampage. 

  We hear about family friends getting barrel loads of money, student personal info handed over to other countries, free trips, extra money handed out to those on social assistance (who have not had to pay any extra money because of covid) students getting $2000 a month because they couldn't work at MacDonalds, but seniors not getting a single penny extra, although they have indeed had added expenses because of this virus.

  Dr, appointments are done by phone.Folks medication is limited, so many must pay extra dispensing fees, Yep..some of us have to do this. But although you can't go see your Dr. you can definitely protest in massive groups, this is condoned by our one and only Trudeau.

  Now we hear about having to accept this way of life until they find a vaccine. Sorry, that is just not acceptable to those of us who have questions.

  If washing one's hands is the simple way to keep safe (hey, this is what I was told) why not make that a basic requirement for all Canadians? Soap and water kill the virus..right? So if everyone washes their freaking hands, and we don't allow anyone else to sit around in a plane or airport , perhaps, we can stop it? Maybe closing the doors to the country, instead of closing doors to provinces, but keeping them open to international travel without safeguards, we might just bring this to a stop? 

  Basically all that has happened is, no one needs to answer for anything in Parliament, because of Covid. They simply spew out a Covid message, and then act covertly (yes this is intended) forgetting any rules, and quietly rewarding those they like, with our money.Before they would never even answer questions posed to them in Parliament..now they don't have to sit to even allow those questions to be spoken. 

  So, as I said, I have far too many questions to accept Covid as the be all, end all force in the world..or cripes, maybe it is, maybe we are all going to die and this is some fearsome experiment gone astray? I certainly accept there is a virus, but I question many of the "facts" officials have thrown out to us. I question the numbers, I question the lack of testing on society. I question that international travel continues (I have to wonder who the heck is coming here, and why?). I question the world , for average folks, coming to a stop, and suddenly we are not to come together for fear of dying. 

  I have not had my lifestyle change much. Fact be known I have not gone any farther than the 2 closest communities in almost 3 years, and I do not have a social life, so family is pretty much it. But just because I have not had to adjust much, I still question what is happening around me. 

  My personal opinion is, this is a fact, a fallacy, and an experiment. The first two are split even steven, it is the last I believe is most important. Go ahead..state why all the world is going along with it..Well Sweden for one isn't..so...jeepers creepers, yet another question. 

  I do not think we are getting the whole truth or even a smidgeon of truth..why? Is it going to scare us to death, or are we going to be pissed? Guess time will tell...someone is definitely benefiting by all of this, and it is not your average Canadian!