Dear straight white Christian-raised male,
Between the Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube, I can tell that
this year is especially rough for you. I have seen taped rants, essays, and
treatises from so many people just in the last few weeks, and I can tell that
you are frustrated and angry.
There’s a trend in popular culture to cast and depict your originally
white male heroes as women or people of colour. This seems to be so enraging to
you, to see fictional characters who will have no real effect on your life be
shown in a different light. It is as if Lawrence Olivier wore blackface to play
Othello, or if Angelina Jolie was cast to play Mariane Pearl, an Afro-Sino-Cuban
woman who actually exists.
You have no idea how to respond to Caitlyn Jenner’s
transformation from Bruce. It must be so difficult for you to see an Olympian
who you likely forgot about transition into a body and mind state that will
ultimately make her happy and cause absolutely no consequence to you. How will
you cope with this?
Just this month, you found out that your precious Alexander
Hamilton may no longer be on the $10 in place of a woman. You poor things. The Founding Father who was felled in a duel will now be again felled by a person with
ladybits, a push set forth because of all those pesky feminists, wanting women
to be seen more prominently in society, just because they are 50% of society.
Then it was brought to your attention that it is offensive for
a government office that claims to be working for all citizens and residents to
fly the flag of a dead country that advocated owning other humans as a means to
gain economic wealth and prosperity. It only took was 5,000+ murders and
lynchings, plus the 9 that happened last week for you to realize that. Sure, the
only reason that the flags were raised at those current government offices were
to protest the fact that the federal government was starting to recognize that
every citizen should be treated equally under the law. But you’re getting
serious feels because “it’s just some fabric” and “there are more important
issues”.
Why are all these things coming up at once? It is as if it
is cool to be accepting and respectful of people different from you. I’ve heard
you claim that it is all show and just a passing trend and sensation. It could
not possibly be that these marginalized groups have been talking about this for
years, taking to the streets at times, for hundreds of years, and people are
just now paying attention in this century. There are books and speeches and
manifestos promoting gender and racial and sexual equality that date back to
when it was illegal to publish such literature, but it seems that the 20th
and 21st century is when things actually started to change.
And for that, I am sorry. I truly am. I am sorry that your
zero state has been put into question. I am sorry that you were too oblivious
of the fact that there are other humans on the planet who have been offended by
your zero state and have been screaming at the top of their lungs about it, but
you were too busy dismissing their pleas for reason and respect. I am sorry
that you can no longer casually say racist, Anti-non-Christian, sexist,
homophobic things anymore without someone calling you out on it. Your life is
so hard now, having to respect people. This is happening all of a sudden, and I
am sure it is difficult for you. I will make an appointment to cry a river for
you.
Love,
Me
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