Racial Issues

Yesterday, I watched a movie called Something New. I'd seen the preview somewhere and was interested in the concept. I was seriously offended by this movie and I wanted to bring your attention to it and then to a bigger concept.

The movie was about a black single woman who decided to broaden her perspective and go on a blind date. The blind date was with a white guy (she didn't know, she assumed he was black). She left the date within 2 minutes excusing herself saying she had work. The rest of the movie is a love story about how these 2 fall in love then she breaks it off because he is white. Then at the end she overcomes her racism and decides to really love him for who he is.

Not only do I think the concept of this movie is bad, I found there were prejudice jokes, tons of issues how black people discriminate against whites and poor cinematography. I found that the woman was constantly focusing on race when the man never noticed it. Her friends were unsupportive of her dating a white man and told her that even though she dated him it wasn't like she was going to marry him.....he's white. It showed the worst scene where a black comedian gave a monologue about how bad white men are. I just don't get it. If a movie were made about a white woman not dating a black man because he was black the press would have a field day with it. I doubt the movie would ever actually hit the big screen. So why is it ok for it to be the other way around?

I wonder if it is because there is this long-standing notion that blacks are still being discriminated against when perhaps they aren't? Maybe that's too much of a blanket statement. Yes, there are still racists out there. But in general, I think people are more open-minded about it. The thing I found with this character was, why did she dwell on skin color constantly? The boyfriend guy said to just not talk about it for 1 night and she freaked out. She couldn't do it. She was surrounded by a black culture just as racist as the people discriminating against them.

My husband told me about a situation in Washington where a high school was accepting students on an application bases. There came a certain number of applications that were equal in standing. The people decided picked minority students over white students because they wanted a more "diversified" school and wanted to meet standards for white to minority students. What makes me even madder is that colleges offer scholarships for minority students. Where are the scholarships for white people? Why should a minority have more opportunities to get a scholarship than a white person? It is because schools look better if they have more minority students (including women). That is sad.

It's stuff like that that bothers me. I don't care about skin color. But doesn't it go both ways? Aren't black people sometimes just as racist as white? Let me know if I'm wrong here.

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Anti-BlogHer Post

For all my regular readers, BlogHer was a conference that took place recently intended for women who blog to come together not only to learn something about blogging but also to network and meet other woman bloggers. My regular readers can all tune out now because The Blog Her Conference is a waste of your reading time.

Last year the conference was in L.A. and I didn't go because they were sold out by the time I found them. Then after the conference there was a flood of posts about how "great" it was. I found that, to read about it from an outsiders point of view, I never wanted to go. It sounded way over my head with sessions that were focused more on bloggers who wanted to launch their career via their blog. While I realize the conference isn't only for mommybloggers, I still had a hard time figuring out why a mommyblogger would go. I also realize that there are non-SAH mommybloggers but still what is the point of going if your blog is not a launching pad for a career in writing?

This year, the conference was in Chicago and after the bad taste everyone had left in my mouth from last year, I didn't even mention to my husband that there was a conference. And boy was I right. Again, the flood of posts reassures me that BlogHer is not the place for me. With posts calling out a woman who was "curt" and discussion's about monetizing and advertising, it makes me wonder shouldn't the conference be renamed Blogging Conference for Businesswomen (who use big words). I read the entire post about the "curt" woman and I have no idea who she is. I went to her blog. Nothing exciting. I know the poor woman doesn't need any more bad PR. Was anybody there who wasn't a big name blogger? If so, what did they do while the big time bloggers argued over whether they think they'll get a book deal soon? Is there a list of people I should read up on before I am allowed to go because I would look like a total idiot?

Honestly, is this really the place for all women bloggers? I most assuredly say no. Why target top bloggers with huge traffic numbers and invite all women. I think the conference is misadvertised but a good place for business women.