Reply #156: "blond white chicks"???? When did I EVER use that phrase?

[Skidmore]

I have never in my life used that phrase and have not on this forum--flippantly or otherwise, if you care to check.

As a note, I have not read a discussion on this thread of the "baggage" of being female. I believe the thread is about the "baggage" of being a blonde, white female--quite different types of baggage. Like it or not, both whiteness and blondeness have been treated with deference and preference in Western cultures. This is a fact. I see a lot of angst and handwringing about carrying that baggage here. It doesn't negate the fact that this preference has and does exist. It doesn't negate the fact that a good portion of Western culture is based on those underpinnings--particularly when it has served the purpose of empire building well over the centuries.

Based on your hostility and some of your remarks, I think you are making some assumptions about me on several characteristics that probably are far from being on target and which would surprise you if you would entertain different ideas about who I might be as an individual, starting with your apparent assumption that I am male.

As for confusion about race...when I tell you that I know firsthand the detrimental effects of prejudice only to have it dealt with in dismissive terms and referred to as simply "projections," I would ask that you examine again some of the "baggage" you are leaving on the rack for display. There is a wide range of human behavior out there with some really horrible and ghastly manifestations. No one is telling you not to fight for what you believe is right or to feel hurt when affronted. No one is disparaging you for being white, blonde, or a woman. By all means, stand up and fight for fairness and justice and equality. However, I have been attempting to point out that some of those very characteristics is what many others have been asked to measure themselves against throughout centuries. This is also a fact worth considering.

I expect you will take offense because you have decided that nothing I present is worth considering. So be it.