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Nov 25 2009, 12:54 pm

Google, Michelle Obama, Racism and What the Internet is For

Google has apologized for racist images of Michelle Obama that appeared when users searched for the First Lady. The first image result was an ugly depiction of Obama's face altered to look like a monkey. Google banned the site carrying the image saying it contained a virus. When the photo reappeared on another site, Google let it stand but displayed an in-house ad that redirected users to this statement from the company:

"Sometimes Google search results from the Internet can include disturbing content, even from innocuous queries. We assure you that the views expressed by such sites are not in any way endorsed by Google."

All in all, I don't object to what Google did if they're telling the truth. But something about the story makes me feel a little queasy.

I don't like that Google banned the Web site for the seemingly-too-convenient rationale that it could spread a virus. If it really was a malware site, then fine. But this looks an awful lot like censorship, even though the thing it's censoring is thoroughly objectionable. The Internet is unwieldy boundlessness of content, some of which is utterly depraved. But that's to be expected when you're talking about the sum of all knowledge and information in the world. Racist images aren't illegal. And researching examples of racism online isn't only legal, it's can also be useful for journalists, social academics and anybody trying to piece together fragments of the zeitgeist. Google isn't the editor in chief of the internet, it's a curator. It's job is to organize and I hope it doesn't delete or de-index content just because it's offensive -- and especially not because it's offensive to important people.

Comments (51)

So it's okay for you liberal maggots who want everything free to have George Bush's image changed but not Michelle or Obama's image changed.
coca-roach is to good of a term for you liberals

ruize18 (Replying to: clearvoice)

Your way off point on your statement. Also, your misuse of english grammar (wrong "to") completely dissolves any point you could have made.

Speaking of misue: wrong "your".

DaveinHackensack (Replying to: bw)

You misspelled "misuse".

ChoadNamath (Replying to: bw)

Shouldn't that period be inside the quotation marks?

ruize18 (Replying to: clearvoice)

Great use of grammar!

Al K. (Replying to: clearvoice)

Wait, wait, wait. "Coca-roach?" Really? Fuck!ng "coca-roach," hyphen and all?

Remember, kids: Finishing the third grade comes first; posting on the internet second.

Michelle Obama is a not an elected public official, she is a private citizen.
People who think it is clever to publish defamatory pictures ought to be given a lesson in the law of Libel and Slander. And I hope she does.

And that includes the companies and people who repeat the slander.

David E. Connolly, Jr. (Replying to: RFM)

Feeling litigious, are we? That reminds me of the real reason health care costs have skyrocketed...

You mean the less than 1% of health care costs that go to malpractice insurance and claims and such? Something tells me you don't know what you're talking about.

sailboat (Replying to: RFM)

Rfm, please study up on defamation law in the various 50 states. I am aware of no state that makes opinions (yes, depicting a person as a monkey is an opinion) actionable at law, regardless of whether liberals disagree with the opinion. I suppose we could add a category of defamation that applies to black first ladies of Democratic Presidents, but is that where real protection lies? Maybe you should get a thick skin. I'm almost positive the wife of a politician already has one.

RFM (Replying to: sailboat)

Yes well, sailboat, I see that studying the law of Defamation and Slander is not one of your strong points. You really should try reading some of it.
"Slander" is any depiction of a private person (First Amend cases,see Elmer Gertz) which tends to hold them up to great contempt and ridicule, which is not true and intended to defame. The so-called "opinion defense" and that is what it is, a defense, essentially says that the slanderous depiction is true but is privileged because its principal import is to express an opinion about character, honesty,or other matter which is published for good reasons. Like telling the public that a merchant sells defective goods,etc. So you get to stand trial and find out if your opinion is made in good faith or just simply slander.

For instance it was reported that Nancy Reagan had a drinking problem and used to sleep with a gun under her pillow, two facts that anyone with a lowlife imagination, possibly like yourself, could parody no end. She was not a public person, and to make derogatory comments about her would be the way a typical lowlife would try to embarrass her husband. You might think the wife of a politician is fair game, but ask Sarah Palin what she thinks about your notions of the law.

Wisdomwithage (Replying to: RFM)

Both she and hubby can't get enough of the television cameras. They even flaunt their children before the cameras, which I find unconscionable. However that's Obama for you.

When you always want your mug in the public eye you deserve what you get. :)))))))))

NickInCA (Replying to: Wisdomwithage)

'Deserve what you get' Oh come on, its not like she's a pit bull with lipstick or her nickname is Barracuda.

And the Obama family is different from the George W. Bush family, the G.H. Bush family and the Ronald Reagan family how in that regard?

Other than the color of their skin, that is.

David E. Connolly, Jr.

It's funny. I remember when George Bush was depicted as the stupidest sort of monkey every day, and people were like ha, ha, ha, but now it happens to someone else one time, and it's like everyone is so uptight, and isn't this horrible, to depict someone in such a manner. What a bunch of hypocrites we are.

Just to touch on that, Michelle is black, Bush is white. There's a long history of racists portraying blacks as monkeys. So calling Bush a monkey doesn't have the same overtones as portaying Mrs. Obama as a monkey does.

David E. Connolly, Jr. (Replying to: wiredog)

Kind of splitting hairs, aren't we? If the real message is we need to start treating people better, than there shouldn't be any double standards, however one rationalizes it.

It's the difference between saying "Bush is an idiot" and saying "Michelle is a nigger".

Ah, the old "it can't be racism if it's done to all races" jiujitsu trick. You racists are adorable! Predictable, but adorable!

Wisdomwithage (Replying to: wiredog)

If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, then ...........

SchaggyMango (Replying to: wiredog)

Several weeks ago, I posted a picture of a chimpanzee altered to look like George Bush to the Chimpanzee Preserve in Gombe, Africa, and the chimps haven't stopped rioting yet.

Yes,you are definitely right David...When a Black person is name names or compared to,it's such a big deal,you can't laugh at it, you can't just do anything but when a White person or an Asian person is named names, it is OK...How is that? such HYPOCRITES!!!Even now Hispanics acts like Blacks too...What a born loser race they have...Everything is about them and only them...

vanessa (Replying to: freevoiceRP)

To think that all these negative comments are still being voiced in this 21st century, is totally beyond me. How can anyone sit on their fat behind and distort someone else's picture, public figure or no public figure and then its justisfied. Just for freevoice to say 'what born losers you, yourself is' and everything is about only you....what a fool' i wish in whatever race you are, that someone will take a picture of your family and make distort it, let me see how you will feel... Idiot.

for the rest of you that feel google shouldn't be blamed....just remember....law of karma....and will fall on each and every one of you.....morons.

Don't worry about it Derek. No matter what you do, there will be those that look for a single phrase or sentence to attack you and your views over. Few are the people that will see what the message is your trying to impart.
It's rather sad, because so much good information is missed or dismissed due to this style of thought.
It's not a new thing either. I would bet that this style of defamation has existed about as long as the phrase "Can't see the forest for the trees."

Thank you for your post. I appreciate being informed over the motivations (or in this case possible motivations) for the actions of some of the giants of industry and employment.

It's disappointing, but not surprising, that someone would put images like that on the internet.

But if we're going to have search engine companies constantly censor their data, we're not going to have search engines.

It doesn't matter whether they are black or white. No one mentioned anything about their race. They made fun of Hilliary, They made fun of Nancy Regan, but because Michelle is black it's okay to scream that we shouldn't make fun. BULL! The only people making a race issue is MSNBC.
Chris Mathews and the columnist (Cynthia Tucker)that used to or still works for this rag.

You are completely missing the point. There are many reasons why you are wrong but wiredog said it succinctly, "its the difference between saying "Bush is an idiot" and "Michelle is a nigger".

NickInCA (Replying to: clearvoice)

Who is screaming?

Derek, reluctantly, I agree with your conclusion but I understand the difficulty that Google had deciding what to do. If there was no malware on the original site, they erred initially but then found the correct response with the second site. I'll give them credit for that and forgive their initial error, if it was an error.

The internet should never be censored but that means each of us will, inevitably find something that offends or even disgusts us. Every posting reveals something about the person that posted it. Offensive postings may be similar to the flasher in the park who opens his trench coat to expose himself for reasons that only he can understand.

For that reason, I use my real name when posting; to remind myself that I am not anonymous and I choose not to hide behind a trench coat. Hopefully, I will then use words that don't embarrass me when I read them.

Maybe clearvoice would like to tell us his/her real name.

LiberalsRClowns

Wiredog: How do you know that the artist's intention when they created the "Monkey"? Not sure if you are aware of evolution but we all came from primitive beings. Implying that the artist depicted Michelle Obama as the N word is just your opinion. Quit making everything about race. Not everyone is a member of the Klan just Senator Byrd (a Democrat).

Let me reiterate the statement above:It is OK to depict George Bush as a monkey, the Joker, etc but Michelle is off limits. Why is that?

Are you aware of the 1st amendment? There is nothing illegal about it. The fact that you don't like it is your problem. Much different than yelling "Fire" at a theatre, nightclub, stadium, crowded venue, etc etc.

RFM: Michelle is a citizen but she is a public figure considering she is on television every day on various channels speaking at different engagements.

Both of you clowns go watch MSNBC while I go back to work running my small business so I can pay for your mortgage, car, and your laziness.

BTW, how is that Hope and Change thing working out for you?

wabisabi (Replying to: LiberalsRClowns)

Dear LRC, Wow! Will you please make my mortgage payment and car payment for me, too? Haven't noticed anyone doing that in my entire adult life. Heck,I'm still waiting for that Bush tax cut to filter down to me (guess my annual income isn't high enough to qualify). P.S. "CHANGE" means Bush and Cheney are not in office, further damaging our country, and that's a good change. As it is, it may take decades to dig out of the hole they created, but at least we've picked up the shovel. P.P.S. What are you and others so afraid of? I mean, I perceive real terror and I can't figure out where you've been up to now. Have you only just tuned in to your country and your world?

Bob Harry (Replying to: LiberalsRClowns)

I am so sick of people like you. You name yourself something that calls me a name, then proceed to tell me you're paying for my mortgage and car. You don't do anything for me. I pay my own way, my own mortgage, my own car, and I'm sure the hours I keep at work and church would wear you out.

Since you know everything about me, let me see if I can peg you: you're middle aged, overweight, white, and you bitch constantly about how unfairly you're treated while everybody else gets a free ride. Did I miss much?

Tell you what, bring your bloated carcass out from in front of the safety of your laptop, come on down to Texas, and call me whatever name you want right to my face.

Of course, you're a coward so that won't happen. You'll just call me some more names and lob a few more stereotypes at me. Hurry up and dry up so we can move our country forward without your dead weight.

wabisabi (Replying to: Bob Harry)

Bob Harry, Thank you.

You might think Michelle Obama is a public person, but what you think cuts no ice in a court of law. Read the Elmer Gertz case for one.

Where do these home-spun lawyers come from anyway?

Hello from Europe,
You, the americans, are funny. Why? Because the racism problem is so strong in US it oftens shuts down all the normal thinking.
So there is a pucture of black female (or male - it is the same) which is distorted to resemble to a cheap movie monkey mask. And everyone cries "Racism!". But no one cries "racism" when the same is done with photos of white female/male. No matter if they are depicted as pigs, monkeys, horses, fish etc. Quite the opposite - all the media often shows such images and everyone says "Wow! How exactly the artist grasped the likedness! It is absolutely the same with this photo. It is quite obvious if the person from the photo was white most of the people would applaud the artist how smartly he used the resemblance. Of course some of people would say it is disgusting or bad taste etc no one will cry "Racism!"

Projectmayhem325 (Replying to: Handel)

Thank you Handel for lecturing us American proles in the ways of your European enlightenment. Because the monkey-black person connection would never be made in Europe, and even of it were, everyone would laugh at what a creative joke it was.

What's that saying about people in glass houses - something about them NOT BEING TOTALLY F'ING MYOPIC? I may have paraphrased…

In your haughtiness, you seem to forget about the 2008 Spanish Grand Prix, where four classy, enlightened gentlemen wore monkey suit. With signs that read, "Lewis Hamilton's mother / father / sister / brother."

Or what about every Italian's favorite soccer (football) taunt of throwing bananas on the field at black goalies.

Do I even need to bring up the rise of the ultra-nationalist parties? Whether it's Nick Griffin and the BNP, Jean-Marie Le Pén and the National Front, or any of the other xenophobic, racist politcal parties?

All I'm saying is that Europe is no bastion of civility, and racism is just as endemic as it is in America and to suggest otherwise is either willfully ignorant or disingenuous at best.

Ultra-nationalist parties just don't want immigrants. At least those immigrants who rape, rob, steal, kill and are payed for this from our tax money.
I don't want them too.

NickInCA (Replying to: Handel)

Holy November 1938, Batman!

Actually, I think you're giving Handel too much credit. I don't think he's saying Europeans are less racist than Americans, only that (at least according to Handel) they're proud of/don't care about/ignore/enjoy racism, whereas Americans see racism as a disturbing conversation-stopper. As far as I can tell, the post is more "You stupid Americans can't appreciate a good monkey nigger joke!" and not so much "You stupid Americans haven't evolved past racism like us Europeans have!"

I'll let you guess what this American feels about Handel's attitude, and where I think (s)he should stuff it...

The internet needs to be free and open. I don't agree with Google. The IQ and intent of the poster was clear. Let idiots be idiots.

Lighten up a bit libs. What's wrong with making fun of Obama. I didn't hear the outcry from you crybabies when Bush was roughed up.

Enjoy these photos, as no doubt there will be more coming ... of both Mr. and Mrs. :))))))))))))

what i dont understand is why so many people have to make this thing a big deal let alone a topic for mass discussion. who cares what some idiot did to a picture of ms. obama...I didnt care when they did it to bush his wife his mother his father or his dog....this is just another example of people with nothing better to do then scour the media for something to be upset about. what about the stupid sarah palin cover on newsweek the republicans were so upset about that too...again pointless....it is everyones right to make fun of whoever they want to whenever they want to do it. its also everyone elses right to tell them theyre stupid....but in this case im saying that all of you both liberals and republicans are acting stupid. grow up and move on

For what it's worth, in my disgust, I clicked on the site/image and my computer went crazy. Kept re-directing me to a Dell page which in turn opened about 100 windows on my computer. Had to finally turn off the computer and re-boot. Good for you, Michelle...

Not that I agree with your point about Google flip-flopping but it is a point that should be made. You did not give your opinion on whether you think it is appropriate for Google to issue a statement or not.

Also, you state that google should not be an editor...

Google has a safe-search option for inappropriate images even though they are entirely legal.

Should there be a safe-racist option? A safe-conservative option? A safe-liberal option?

How about a safe-ignorant option?

Personally I think she looks more like Aunt Esther from Sanford and Son, but now that I look at the monkey image....

I disagree with the approach that Google has taken to this image people seem to be forgetting some things.

1. Google isn't the Internet. It's a search company and a private entity.
2. People are free to put out whatever they want on the net.
3. Google is free to NOT index or display whatever they want. Getting indexed in Google isn't a right.

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Good post Brian,

Glad to see someone knows how to use that thing between their ears for something other than a hat rack.

SelfishLowLifeWhitesDontCareUnlessItsOffensiveToTheirRaceDUH!

Sigh! Let's not debate the issue. Obviously the photo was repulsive. Obviously the photo needed removing. Obviously Google ought to be held responsible and penalized. Bottomline; most Whites are racially inconsiderate and if it isn't offensive to the White race, they don't care. Debating with them about is useless because they hold onto their racially foolish beliefs while presenting you foolish arguments. Ex. "Bush was taunted as a monkey" by the moron who isn't aware that it's not racist against Whites.

Wake up, people! The inconsideration of Whites on this website isn't even half of all of the racial foolishness much of the White community engages in. I've highlighted the racial stupidity I constantly come across from Whites over the internet:

A.) The group of Whites that bellyache (or make putdowns) about the high number of Blacks on welfare, in jail, involved in crime, etc., when these idiots are too ignorant to realize that this is all brought on by poverty; poverty stemming from how Blacks were prohibited from all things good in this country by Whites only 35 freaking years ago. If it weren't for all the anti-Black cruelties and injustices of Whites, the amount of Blacks who are poor and lower-class wouldn't be so high. It's not just some dark skin color related issue which is what a lot of racist would like you to think. No, Blacks having a darker skin color is not why the majority of them are lower-class while the majority of Whites live it up in higher-class areas, even when there are a great deal more Whites than Blacks; it's an issue of how my Black grandparents weren't even allowed in so much as a decent bathroom 35 years ago, much less a decent living environment with decent jobs and thus had to raise my parents in lower-class areas, and so on to much of today's Black generation. With that mistreatment and suppression ending only a few decades ago and the children of our grandparents being forced to grow up lower-class, it should be obvious as to why the Black community of today is in the state it's in; meanwhile we've got this either racist or ignorant group of Whites who criticize and bellyache about the status of the Black community when their race brought it on AND when their race did far worse and for far far longer; not just a few decades.
That being said, this is why Black people are justified in feeling bitter about abusive anti-black racism even today as they are still affected by centuries and centuries of anti-black racism from whites. This effectively takes care of the typical response of Whites that Blacks need to "get over it as it was all centuries ago and none of it affects them."

B.) The group of Whites who call out the entire Black race on specified wrongdoings, such as Black fathers failing to provide for their children: why be so specific? Taking wickedness and depravity as a whole, Whites have done lightyears worse than Blacks. In fact, Whites should've been regarded as the leaders in criminal acts for centuries in this country up until 35 years ago, but they legalized all their atrocities. It wasn't just a couple decades of crime brought on by the poverty-stricken result of racial discrimination, as is the case with Blacks. It was FIVE CENTURIES of lightyears worse brought on by pure racism: lynching Blacks (including Black children and women) while celebrating and subsequently setting the victim on fire [Note: lynching was only one of the many ways Whites murdered Blacks because of their skin color]; whippings; bombings; fire hosings; tear gassings; setting attack dogs on Blacks; stoning Blacks (including Black children and women); raping; destruction of properties owned by Blacks; kicking Blacks out of their homes into more crummy, lower-class areas; unjustified jailings of Blacks; cutting open Blacks and taking apart their bodies; burning Blacks alive and cutting them open (including pregnant Black women); constant unjust police brutality; owning Blacks as slaves (slaves even consisting of children and the elderly); denying Blacks all forms of freedom even well after the slavery days; etc. All that psychotic behavior and Whites weren't seen as criminals nor even penalized for it.

You want to talk gangs and thug life that many Whites call out the Black race for, talk about the KKK. These gangs were running rampant in this country, terrorizing, destroying, and murdering without rule or consequences. These gangs weren't created out of poverty or survival in a lower-class area, but pure racism. These gangs were hate groups put together after Whites had lost the American Civil War that ended slavery. The goal of the KKK was to restore slavery and White Supremacy. If it wasn't KKK gangs wreaking havoc, it was random White mobs raising hell, ambushing Blacks, and murdering them.
To this very day, Whites are the leaders in acts of pedophilia and child molestation. If you ask me, abuse of children falls under the category of most satanic acts. It's unbelievably ironic how so many in the White community can call out the Black race for bad behaviors when the White race has been the worst behaved race by far.

C.) The group of Whites who whine about Blacks crying racism too much when Whites are the ones who do the most race-related whining, even as proven by all the anti-black whining masses of them engage in over the internet; ironic whining at that, as the White race has not been ghettoized due to 500 years of racial oppression and mistreatment ending 35 years ago; rather, Whites were responsible for all that and are the only race to have engaged in unjust, abusive control over this country for 5 centuries. Not only that, but Whites are the most privileged race in America. Despite this, one of the main things Whites cry racism to is in regards to Blacks having double standards over them.

D.) The group of Whites who bitch about double standards that Blacks (and other minorities) have over them, while completely disregarding the fact that Whites are the most privileged race in America. Albeit, Whites don't have the mass amount of double standards over Blacks they did 35 years ago (lasting for 5 centuries prior), they are still the most privileged race in the U.S. Example one: Whites make up the majority, thusly issues that Whites don't care about are issues that go unresolved. Conversely, the issues that are brought to the forefront and resolved are the issues that Whites are concerned about. Viewpoints on countless issues swing in the direction of Whites (Note: this is how slavery, Jim Crow laws, and other forms of racial discrimination and injustices were made possible for so long in this country and how Whites always get their way in today's day and age). Example two: it's a well-known fact that Whites are privileged over all races in the media. Example three: don't even get me started on every aspect of Law Enforcement and how Blacks have it worse than Whites due to negative stereotyping (unjustified police brutality, unjustified police suspicion of Blacks, etc.). By the way, that criminal stereotype of Blacks all stems from poverty that Whites placed them in from holding them back 35 years ago and prior to that. Example four: the U.S. only recently got a president that wasn't completely White. Many Whites act as if Barack Obama being elected President was a favor to Blacks, as if Blacks have a lesser right to be president than Whites do. It's important to note that Obama is not just Black, but half-white. Apparently Blacks should be thankful to Whites the first time even a half bit of Black makes it into the White House. Example five: unlike Blacks, the majority of Whites aren't starting out with lower-class, shabby lifestyles as a result of racial discrimination 35 years ago, but get to start out with a decent, middle-class lifestyles.
These are only a few of the many benefits of being White in America. Despite being the most privileged race, Whites do the most race-related bitching over the net and half the time it's in regards to double standards.

— Despite all this, many Whites whine of double standards Blacks have over them as
if Whites are the most oppressed race in America. A classic example of Whites crying
racism in regards to Blacks having double standards over them is in nearly every situation
a Black person has done wrong. Many Whites respond to these situations with something
to the effect of "If a White person had done that, the consequences for them would be far
worse than the consequences for the Black person." In many cases if a Black person
does anything at all, many Whites respond with "A White person could never get away with
that." IF these complaints, which are always hypothetical and never based on fact, are
true, reflect on how Whites are the most privileged race in the country and all the
the benefits of being White, reflect on how the Black race has been ghettoized and is the
most struggling race as a result of Whites holding them back 35 years ago (lasting 5
centuries); reflect on how Blacks are the ones who are made to look bad in today's
society because of the poverty-stricken, criminal result of racial discrimination and cruelty
and how so many are ignorant of this, ultimately leading to a lot of racial harassment,
bullying, and stereotyping evident by any internet posting website in which Blacks are the
focus. What an outrage that none of these things are reflected on by much of the privileged
Whites before whining to doubles standards.

— One of the main double standards many Whites whine to is comedienne-related and how
it seems to be ok that Blacks make fun of Whites but not vice versa. This probably has
something to do with the 500 year period in which Whites racially tortured Blacks
and how during that time period (ending only 35 years ago), they would poke fun at them,
creating millions of anti-Black racial slurs and stereotypes. Hell, Blacks
couldn't even be comedians, actors, writers to make jokes about anything. There were few
cases where Whites would allow them on television and in movies to make fools out of
themselves but that was it. Other than that, it was centuries of
Whites poking fun at Blacks with such things as big-lipped, watermellon, coon, porch
monkey, ape comparisons, magic witch doctor, going back to Africa, insulting Black
cartoons, KFC & chicken, kool-aid, Black women as fat old maids, Whites painting their faces dark and acting like fools, ironic accusations of laziness, etc. This is what went on in the entertainmnet
world while Whites tortured Blacks. It should be noted that the Black race has more
negative stereotypes and slurs than any other race because of the racism of Whites. It
hasn't been but 35 years since those evil times and now Blacks are ghettoized, yet it's
hoards of complaints of "If a White person poked fun at Blacks the way that Black person
is doing, all hell would break loose. That's so unfair!" Talk about a case of being able to
dish it in the worst way, but not being able to take it in the least.
— These comedian-related complaints made by many Whites are further
made baseless considering the fact that a countless number of White comedians
and entertainers in today's day and age poke fun at Blacks using more recently created Black
stereotypes: criminal, gangster, pants-sagging, ebonics-using, etc.
All of comedian Lisa Lampanelli's humor involves ridicule of Blacks. Let's not
forget Nicole Parker's MadTV segment when she makes fun of Blacks
based upon the latest Black stereotypes. Bottomline! There have never been any comedian-related
double standards (at least in regards to Blacks getting to poke fun at Whites while Whites cannot do so to Blacks) even though there should be, considering Blacks have to
deal with the baseless complaints that there are; not to mention, how this was a double standard Whites had over Blacks up until recently and for most of America's history, as this was one of their many forms of anti-Black discrimination and mistreatment.

— To The group of Whites who bitch about the few dinky double standards Blacks
have over them (such as not being able to say the "n" word), consider these double
standards an effort to equate the struggling Black community with the privileged
White community and how Blacks still suffer as a result of vicious anti-Black
racism from 35 years ago, lasting 5 centuries prior to that; in response to this
attempt to be fair, there's this large group of Whites who just bitch as if these
were instances of them being lynched before a vicious crowd of black people
watching on like it's a movie, raped, stones thrown at their children, attacked by
dogs, hosed down, whipped, barred from certain establishments, etc., which all
lasted for centuries. The Blacks who actually underwent abusive racism 3 decades
ago didn't react wimpishly like Whites are in regards to the fair double
standards Blacks have over them, like Blacks being able to use 'nigga' while
Whites can't (Wow! Whites are just soooo oppressed!). Btw, you know a group is
racist when they bitch about not being able to use a racial slur for whatever reason.
The white race is one that can dish it in the worst way, but can't take it in the least.
I wonder how the White race would have handled their own abusive racism if they
can't even handle a few dinky double standards the Black race rightfully has over
them.

Side Note: It should be noted that Affirmative Action is double standard that all extra POOR minorities and all women have over White males because of all the White privilege; but there's this group of Whites who like to make it out as if Affirmative action is a double standard that solely Blacks have over all Whites. This group of Whites (ironically including white women) endlessly bellyache about Blacks having this double standard over them, particularly in regards to college education. I'm not quite sure where this Affirmative Action even applies as myself and every other Black person I know has had to pay for their college education yet I always have Whites bellyaching over the net, trying to make it out as if only all Blacks receive this Affirmative Action and get everything handed to them. I say Affirmative Action is something all Blacks should rightfully have over all Whites considering we're the only group that has to deal with all Whites bellyaching about it.

E.) The group of Whites whom ironically accuse Blacks of either being more racist than Whites or the most racist ethnic group in general: these moronic Whites must not realize that the Black race has more slurs, stereotypes, and insults than any other ethnic group because of the racism of Whites. These moronic Whites must not be familiar with the five centuries of anti-Black savagery and mistreatment, ending only 35 years ago; consequently, leaving much of today's Black community in ghettoes, leading shabby lifestyles. Meanwhile, much of the White community starts out middle-class while bashing Blacks over the internet. This is evidenced by any internet website in which visitors can post (ebaums, youtube, rants & raves section of craigslist, urban dictionary, etc.); if even a Black person is the focus on these type of websites, you're bound to see a sea of anti-Black insults, criticisms, and complaints in the posting sections. Bear in mind, most videos on youtube are not only of Whites, but Whites engaging in misconduct and it's very rare to see any anti-White remarks. Despite all this, there's a large group of moronic, ironic-thinking Whites who spread the idea of Blacks either being more racist than Whites or the most racist ethnic group in general.
Speaking as a Black person, I have to deal with the anti-Black racism of Whites each and every time I get on the internet. I have grandparents who have all had to deal with the intense racial discrimination of Whites, turning their lives upside down and causing them many struggles before the 1980s. I have parents who were both raised lower-class as a result of all that anti-Black racism. I have lots of family who is still leading, lower-class shabby lifestyles as a result of all that anti-Black racism. I'd say any racism I express against Whites is very much provoked. Given that all Blacks are pretty much in my same boat, I'd say anti-White racism expressed by any of us is very much provoked. Taking into consideration all the mistreatment and suffering Blacks have had to deal with as a result of Whites, the feeling of bitterness is only natural. Despite this, I see nowhere near as much anti-White racism from Blacks as I do anti-Black racism from Whites in today's day and age.

Side Note: As for anti-White remarks appearing out of the blue over the web; this rarely occurs because Blacks just don't engage in unprovoked racism like Whites do. In most cases, if anti-White racism appears over the web, it's just in retaliation to anti-Black racism from Whites who started it and no racism is truly felt. This sort of resembles American History and how Whites instigated all the racial tension in this country to begin with.

F.) The group of Whites who use the defense that anti-Black slavery was ages ago as if Blacks are baseless in bringing up the vicious anti-Black racism of Whites in regards to current affairs. What these Whites fail to realize is that savage anti-Black racism continued well after the slavery days. While the abolishment of slavery took place in the 1860s, anti-Black cruelties and injustices continued all the way up into the 1970s. Slavery was merely one form of vicious anti-Black racism that Whites engaged in. News flash! A full-fledged African American Civil Rights Movement broke out all throughout the 1950s and 60s: this involved Blacks battling intense racial injustices and cruelties that Whites were employing, such as Jim Crow Laws. Although The African American Civil Rights Movement established laws allowing racial equality, much of White society wasn't following those laws throughout the 1970s; instead White businesses and Whites in general engaged in White flight. In other words, after the success of the African American Civil Rights Movement allowing equal rights to Blacks, Whites began separating themselves from Blacks to avoid allowing them those equal rights. Previous to this, Whites had been aggressively holding back and oppressing Blacks so obviously White Flight would leave Blacks with nothing. Here we are today with the majority of Blacks segregated in lower-class, ghetto areas.

G.) The group of Whites who argue that if it weren't for the enslavement of Blacks and the encapturement of Black slaves, today's African American community would be stuck in Africa (a lower-class continent that isn't very advanced) and wouldn't be enjoying our advanced American society. These idiots fail to realize that the majority of today's African Americans are lower-class and struggling; ghettoized by the intense racial cruelties and injustices that finally ended 35 years ago. The only people who benefited from Whites abducting Blacks from Africa and tormenting them for centuries are Whites.

— There's also the racism of acting as if Blacks contributed nothing to America, but that it was ALL the hard work of the White man. What many fail to realize is that slavery made America the richest country in the world. America wouldn't be remotely as advanced as it is today without all the Black slaves. All the fancy technology, facilities, and implements in American society require a great deal of money; all the money that Black slaves made this country. Most people don't fathom just how much slavery benefited the U.S. economy. The centuries of hard work, blood, sweat, and tears of Blacks (while being abused, degraded, and separated from their families) totally empowered the American economy because it was all free labor. This country is still benefiting from the enormous economic contribution of Black slaves and is in great part why America is what it is today. Despite that, stereotypes of laziness were given to Blacks while Whites were (and still are) given all the credit for today's advanced American society. Not only that but today's Blacks have largely denied access to the beautiful society in which they're people greatly contributed to, as most of them have been ghettoized due to the racial discrimination and injustices from 35 years ago. It's mostly today's Whites who are enjoying the repayment of all the hard work of Blacks, while of course bellyaching to Affirmative Action for poor non-white males and reluctantly paying taxes for ALL the poor. (btw, even while being enslaved, tortured, and held back, there are a countless number of Black inventors in the U.S.).

— In regards to the contributions of Whites; if they hadn't had all those Black slaves running around doing all their dirty work, they probably wouldn't have had all that free time to do what they did to help advance the U.S. from being in the same state Africa is in today.

H.) The group of Whites who defend all the anti-Black cruelty of White Americans by stating that Blacks in Africa have enslaved Blacks. First of all, African slavery was nothing like American slavery. African slavery did not involve treating slaves like garbage, abusing them, nor racial degradation; rather, slaves were very much respected: heading tribes, being paid a great deal in wages, accumulating properties, rising to kings, etc. Considering this, they weren't even slaves, but indentured servants. Blacks had no idea what they were getting into when crazed White Americans brought them over to the U.S. They thought American slavery was going to be the same as African slavery. They didn't expect all the racial-based, inhumane form of slavery that Whites would engage in for the following 4 centuries.
Besides, slavery is only one of the many forms of cruelty White Americans employed in racially tormenting African Americans. The issue Blacks have with Whites isn't just their anti-Black slavery, but ALL their many different forms of anti-Black cruelty, ranging from relentless racial slurring/insulting, banning Blacks from all things good, separating families for life to lynching, fire hosing attacks, tear gassing attacks, setting attack dogs on Blacks, whippings, stonings, bombings, rapings, burning Blacks alive, cutting open Blacks, etc, which were all legalized by Whites. Slavery and Blacks being worked like dogs for Whites without being given anything positive in return is hardly everything that went into the anti-Black savagery of White Americans.

Let's try to understand where these Whites are coming from when they use Blacks enslaving Blacks to justify Whites' racial enslavement of Blacks. Let's say that that the enslavement of Blacks by other Blacks was just as grisly as the racist enslavement of Blacks by Whites. With that said, Whites have done countless wrongs against other Whites in the course of history as well. Going by the logic of the above defense, it be acceptable for Blacks to carry out all those same wrongs against all Whites out of racism. After all, some Whites happened to do it to each other so this makes it perfectly acceptable for Blacks to do the same to all Whites out of contempt for their skin color. This is the logic behind the above defense that many racist Whites use.

I.) The group of Whites who act as if African Americans should be thankful to the White race for voting for Blacks to have their freedom (after 4 centuries of slavery). First of all, all the southern Whites voted for Blacks to remain as slaves. In fact, southern Whites wanted Blacks to remain as slaves so much so that they were willing to kill and war over it; hence, The American Civil War from 1861 to 1865.
Northern Whites, who voted for Blacks to have their freedom, weren't just affected with human decency after 4 centuries of voting for Blacks to be slaves. Northern Whites just had an advanced society and no plantation work in the North, which was far from the case in the south. Not only that but 99% of the Black race lived in the south so northern Whites weren't even getting anything out of slavery, thusly its abolishment wouldn't affect them.
Let's say that none of this was the case, but that ALL Whites had just voted for Blacks to have their freedom and end their four centuries of cruel slavery out of a change of heart. This is still NOT a reason for Blacks to be thankful to Whites; just disgusted by them. Focus on what's being voted on here: it's a vote basically on whether or not Whites should continue to treat Blacks like garbage. The whole aspect of the vote is an insult. Having a vote on whether a race should be treated like human beings or not is indecent. To vote FOR that race to be treated like human beings and have their freedom is NOT any act of kindness or courtesy. It's just decent, civilized human behavior. Decent, civilized human behavior that the majority of Whites were unable to engage in for the four centuries in which slavery was going strong. Besides that, slavery was only one aspect of cruel anti-Black racism that ended. Intense racial discrimination and cruelties of all sorts continued in both the north and the south and didn't end until 35 years ago.

J.) The group of Whites who use the phrase "play the race card" and the like: these are phrases used to make Blacks, who have pointed to the anti-Black racism of Whites with good reason, seem delusional or unjustified in pointing to that anti-Black racism. More clearly, these Blacks are made out as stereotypical Blacks who attribute seemingly all things to racism. This stereotype stems from the longtime anti-Black hostilities of the White community currently being expressed through subtlety and indirection, ever since racism finally started to be looked down upon (ex. racists who hide behind the internet, reacting as if the Kanye West/Taylor Swift incident was a murder, etc.); naturally, all this subtle racism has caused some in the Black community to be suspicious of racism in Whites when it may or may not be the case. By using such phrases as "play the race card", Whites hint at this Black stereotype, giving the FALSE impression that there's no possible way Blacks could be justified in pointing to anti-Black racism as stereotypically Blacks are paranoid of Whites engaging in racism.

K.) The group of Whites who bitch about "having to pay taxes for Blacks" as if Blacks are the only ones on welfare. There are more Whites than Blacks on welfare in the U.S. and considering Whites weren't dealing with racial discrimination and hoards of injustices 35 years ago, it's pathetic that there are more Whites than Blacks on welfare. On the other hand, today's middle-aged and elderly Blacks weren't allowed to anything decent 35 years ago (that includes jobs), so most of today's Black generation is starting out lower-class. That's the only reason for the greater percentage of White taxpayers than Black. By the way, a little dinky amount in taxes is not synonymous with supporting anybody as many Whites make it out to be. Supporting a race is what Blacks have been doing for the vast majority of their time spent in the U.S. Considering the fact that Blacks have been doing all the dirty work of Whites for 400 years in this country, in the process providing an enormous economic contribution and building the South, Blacks are deserving of far more than dinky taxes. Whites haven't done shit to make up for all the centuries of racial cruelty and today's Blacks suffering lower-class lives, except for bitching AS IF they've done far more than enough.
Since Whites bitch about paying taxes for all the poor, why not reverse the situation and have Blacks start out middle-class and paying taxes while Whites struggle lower class as a result of racial cruelty and oppression.
Speaking of which, I find it ironic that the race whom had Blacks working like crazy for them in this country are labeling any race as lazy and irresponsible, especially the race they infamously owned as slaves.

L.) The Whites who make criticisms (or put downs) about how they feel the majority of Blacks are struggling because they aren't trying hard enough to make something out of themselves with the justification of a lot of Whites being successful. Unlike the majority of Whites, who start out in their elegant middle-class homes, the majority of Blacks start out in lower-class, dangerous environments. Why? Because they're grandparents were held back 35 years ago, in effect, forcing them to raise their children in lower-class environments. It's harder for the average Black person to get a decent job, make it, and become a success in a predominately White society than it is for the average White person. It seems easy to make it to Whites, considering most of them started out and grew up middle-class. Nobody from the White race is in any position to criticize Blacks on not making anything out themselves when as a result of Whites it's ten times harder for Blacks to make something out of themselves. When all the grandparents of Whites are held back and abused, forcing them to raise their children lower-class and so on to today's generation and this is as a result of Blacks, Whites will then be entitled to make such condescending put downs about Blacks.

M.) The mass group of idiotic Whites who use the wrongdoings of one or two members of the Black race as a justification to criticize and put down the entire Black race. To these idiots one or a few Black(s) represent the entire Black race as a whole. As a result, if one or few Black(s) messes up, there's likely to be a sea of anti-Black racist remarks and slurs over internet posting websites. If a White person messes up on the other hand, the entire White race isn't held responsible. As one example, if you look up a youtube video of Kanye West interrupting Taylor Swift, a sea of anti-Black racist remarks will likely show up under that video. Joe Wilson did practically the same thing as Kanye West, only ten times worse. Wilson interrupted the President of the United States at a serious Congressional meeting; not a 19 year old at a VMA award show. Not only didn't Wilson receive any anti-White racist remarks, but he didn't get even half as bad of a backlash as West did. Anyways, this is another example of White privilege as all Whites aren't blamed for the wrongdoings of one or two members of their race the way Blacks are. There are even egregious Whites in the entertainment industry who engage in the behavior of locating instances in which one or two Blacks have messed up so as to put down the entire Black race and make them look bad as a race.

N.) Ever notice how Blacks are regarded as racists in our society (a predominately White society that is) if even they're a civil rights activist? As one example, Al Sharpton is considered one of the most racist public figures in America; however, If you read up on the life and history of Sharpton, you will learn that he is merely a civil rights activist. Sharpton is constantly attacked for dedicating his life to trying to ensure equal fights for Blacks. He has never done or said anything anti-White in his life. Considering the fact that Sharpton grew up in the 50s and 60s (a particularly racist period in American History) and had parents and close elders that dealt with racial discrimination and cruelty, it's completely understandable that he be a civil rights activist. As another example, the NAACP which is a group developed in the 1960s to combat all the racial discrimination and cruelty that was going on, is regarded by most White Americans as a racist hate group. Black civil rights activists/groups are constantly put down and bitched about by White Americans. Apparently it's racist to be concerned about five centuries of intense racial discrimination and mistreatment that only ended 35 years ago and that has caused most African Americans to lead shabby, lower-class lives.
Meanwhile, you have actual racist in the White community who are defended by most of our society (a predominately White society). If anti-Black racism takes place in American society and it's given the slightest bit of denouncement by our media, it's met with hoards of anti-Black complaints by White Americans: "If a Black person engaged in this same behavior, nobody would care about us Whites. I'm tired of Blacks and this double standard. We Whites deserve sympathy after this instance of anti-Black racism from someone White", "Nobody can say anything bad about Blacks. Fuck America", "Blacks need to stop thinking they're owed something. Slavery was 5000 years ago", etc. Either that or just outright racist comments of "I hate Blacks", "Stupid niggers", "this racist man speaks the truth", etc.
In late 2009, Rush Limbaugh was rejected from coaching the NFL Rams because of his history of making anti-Black racist remarks. After this media report, White Americans were quick to come to the defense of Limbaugh bitching about him not being able to coach the Rams.

O.) The non-Black minorities who adopt the anti-Black offensiveness of many White Americans, too ignorant to realize that all non-Whites were discriminated against by Whites in the U.S. These non-Black minorities ignorantly fail to realize that Blacks successfully fighting for equal rights 35 years ago, successfully fought for the equal rights for ALL minorities; not just Blacks. Blacks are the reason all non-Black minorities have equal rights in the U.S. today. Albeit, non-Black minorities were never mistreated and degraded as badly as Blacks were in the U.S., they were highly discriminated against.
No, non-Black minorities were never brought over to America for the purposes of slavery; they came over on their own volition. No, non-Black minorities were never slaves like Blacks were for 4 centuries, comprising of working like crazy for Whites, in effect contributing economically to an enormous extent and practically building the South w/ repayment of being brutalized, degraded, and separated from families, etc. After the abolishment of slavery, racial cruelty and discrimination continued on and it wasn't even remotely as bad for non-Black minorities as it was for Blacks. Despite all this however, the U.S. was a White Supremacist nation 35 years ago, lasting for 5 centuries prior; meaning all those "White Only" public sinks , "White only" bathrooms, "White only" schools, "White only" restaurants, etc., didn't just imply the exclusion of Blacks, but ALL non-Whites (hispanics, armenians, chinese, japanese, indians, latinos, etc.). Although the main target was Black people, all non-Whites were targeted racially to some extent.
All those Klu Klux Klan groups stood for WHITE POWER and killed and terrorized anyone who wasn't White. All minorities ran into a lot of discriminatory issues because they weren't White: unfair housing acts, unfair employment, unfair schooling, etc. If it weren't for the Freedom Struggle that Blacks embarked on in the 1950s and 60s, NONE of the non-Black minorities would have equal rights. It wasn't any non-Black minorities that started up anything like The African American Civil Rights Movement which gave freedom to all minorities; it was Blacks. Despite standing up for ALL non-Black minorities, you have a lot of non-Black minorities that have adopted the anti-Black offensiveness of White Americans over the internet.
In addition, non-Black minorities need not to be leaching onto vicious anti-Black racism as if they were treated just as badly as Blacks in this country if they can't even respect the race that fought for their rights. If non-Black minorities are going to link themselves with Blacks when it comes to being regarded as an oppressed race to gain benefits (Affirmative Action), then they need to respect Blacks.
Speaking of leaching onto the oppression of Blacks, why the hell is this country providing Affirmative Action to White freaking women??? Nobody White should be receiving Affirmative Action. This country hasn't done shit to repay Blacks for all the garbage they've been put through, giving all these poor Whites welfare and Affirmative Action.

P.) The group of Whites who put down the Black community for the constant reinforcing of negative stereotypes, such as ghetto-acting: these Whites fail to realize that this is yet another form of White privilege. Whites make up 74% of the U.S. population while Blacks only make up 13%. Consequently, if certain trends are adopted by a large amount of Blacks, the chances of coming across a lot of Blacks who don't partake in these trends is low; conversely, if trends are adopted by a large amount of Whites, the chances of coming across a lot of Whites who don't partake in these trends is high. Because of this, it's much more likely to come across a Black person reinforcing negative stereotypes than a White person, even if just as many Whites are reinforcing a particular negative stereotype.
There's also the issue of what the vast majority focuses on that plays a factor in the development and popularity of stereotypes. Being 74% of the U.S. population, it's mainly the White community that develops and popularizes stereotypes:
Development -- In reality, the White community has far more quirky trends than does the Black community. The Black community of course has the quirky trend of ghetto-acting (ebonics, rap music, pants sagging, bling, thuggish, etc.), to which they've been relentlessly stereotyped for; then there's the White community which has a long list of quirky trends that hasn't even developed into stereotypes: valspeak ("like oh my god! Its, like, so, like, stupid, like, really, like, stupid! like, yeah!"), rock music and appearance (piercings all over, dog collars, dyed hair, mohawks, etc.), goth (all-black clothing while carrying oneself like a demon), pedophilia, metrosexual boy bands & pretty boys, hair jell, love of Poke'Mon, KKK thugs, etc. These are just a few of the many quirks in the White community that haven't developed into stereotypes by the White majority.
Popularizing -- ever notice how White stereotypes receive barely any attention while Black stereotypes receive multitudes of attention? One of the strongest White stereotypes is nerdiness; however, If one sees a nerdy white person like Screech from Saved By The Bell, the subject of race and stereotypes is unlikely to come up. When one sees a Black person with his pants sagging, the subject of race and stereotypes is a likely topic of conversation.

The simple answer to all this, is that the White community prefers to emphasize the flaws and follies of other races despite themselves having just as many, if not more flaws and follies. (Side Note: Because of the USA's small amount of non-Black minorities, rarely are these ethnic groups seen enough for people to develop stereotypes over them. In addition, non-Black minorities aren't as distinguishable by race as are Blacks and Whites making it difficult to create stereotypes for them)