Sex is the principle around which the whole structure of [White Supremacy] . . . is organized." Gunnar Myrdal
Oklahoma Police Officer, Suspected Racist and Suspected Rapist Daniel Holtzclaw has been arrested and charged with raping and/or molesting at least eight black females. Just like Trayvon Martin and Michael Brown, Jr.'s killers, Whites invested in Holtzclaw; an alleged White sexual predator raked in approximately $10,000 in roughly three days. His bond was subsequently lowered and he's been released to house arrest. Thus far, Daniele Watts has received more attention and harsher treatment. And it's undisputed that she's raped no one.
These incidents reflect White values. These concurrent events offer additional evidence of the global empire of White Supremacy, White Terrorism. Sexual exploitation of non-white people is a persistent, undeniable and essential component of White amusement and domination. The predatory White psyche is on display when powerful Whites celebrate Halle Berry for Monster's Ball and Kerry Washington for Scandal and Django Unchained - costarring Daniel Watts. Pulp Fiction - another Quentin Tarantino tour de force - has enjoyed two decades of global White reverence and adulation; an Academy Award nominated landmark featuring Ving Rhames (black male) being anally raped by a White male enforcement official.
Again, we pause for Abner Louima and those whom deny Tarantino and his work are an accurate illustration of White Pathology.
One would hope that these contemporary incidents along with historical and scholarly analysis such as Reneathia Tate, Trojan Horse Publications, Danielle McGuire, Dr. Mwalimu Baruti and others would allow non-whites to easily grasp the logic of why no non-white person should engage in sexual intercourse (or sexual play) with any White person. One would be mistaken. Ms. Jaya Sundaresh (non-white female) visited The C.O.W.S. in August of 2014. We discussed her report on Michael Brown, Jr., antiblackness amongst non-black, non-white people, and the 8th area of people activity (SEX). Ms. Sundaresh admitted to having been in a sexual relationship with a White man for a number of years; she conceded that this likely influences her thinking on this matter. We continued our dialog after the conclusion of the broadcast. These are her thoughts:
Hi Gus, apologies for the long wait on this email. I've been very busy helping my grandparents move into their new place here in Bangalore, and I've also been thinking about how best to respond to you, how best to tackle this conversation.
Frankly, I'm baffled at your claim that all interracial relationships are inherently exploitative. People from different layers in the kyriarchy enter into consensual, healthy relationships all the time. It's called heterosexuality. Men and women, who occupy very different positions in society, have been pairing off since time immemorial. I'd argue that the vast majority of these relationships have been coercive, and were established to extract labor and sexual labor from women, but it would be foolish to deny that there do exist at least some healthy, non-coercive heterosexual relationships. Same thing with interracial relationships. I'm sure that most of them are exploitative. My learning curve about my own relationship history was very steep, and now I pretty much exclusively date other men of color, and preferably South Asian men -- but to insist that interracial relationships are ALWAYS coercive is taking it a step too far.
Women, in particular, have always had to wrestle with partners who wield more institutional power than they do. We have always had to deal with exploitation, and we have always found ways to make it work. In conclusion, political lesbianism is not the answer to the problem of heterosexuality, and the problems inherent in interracial relationships won't be solved by avoiding them altogether.
Secondly, and more importantly, I'm a little stunned that you, as a man, would presume to tell other women of color who they can and cannot enter into relationships with. Because there's a context here, a history that can't be ignored. Men of color have been telling women of color what to do with their bodies for a very long time, now. Women have been turned into the symbols of anticolonial, antiracist, nationalist movements since they began. Men have consistently viewed women as repositories into which culture must be stored -- and have seen women as objects to be kept safe from exploitation, for the good of the nation. Women have been asked to wear the veil, to retreat into the shadows, to remain in their place, their sphere, to refrain from taking leadership positions -- all in the name of the struggle. Every time a woman chooses something for herself, it must be judged worthy by the ideological leaders of the struggle -- who generally happen to be men.
Men of color have been telling women of color for a very long time who they're allowed to have sex with, and who they're not. I think anyone who asks women to circumscribe their actions for the sake of a greater goal, such as keeping culture alive, needs to stop and seriously reconsider whether they are denying women their autonomy.
I also just want to say -- it's insulting to presume to tell people of color that they are being exploited because they are in an interracial relationship, if they aren't. That disrespects the struggle of people who have actually been abused. People sometimes don't know when they're being exploited -- that's true. Many victims of abuse go through periods of denial and rationalization. But telling every Olivia Pope or Mindy Kaling that they are being exploited because they sometimes date white men is like telling every straight woman that they're being exploited because they sometimes date men. It just doesn't work. It goes too far.
I hope this email makes my position clearer, and feel free to share my words with whoever you like. I look forward to hearing your response.
The author of this blog does not support the popular belief that interracial relationships represent progress, the demise of Racism. White Supremacists/Slave Masters/Segregationists have been sexually engaged with non-white people for centuries. Miscegenation and White Supremacy are compatible; history reveals them to be frequent companions. Gus has invested a significant amount of time and energy studying these tragic arrangements; his conclusion is that sexual intercourse with a White person/Racist Suspect has disastrous ramifications for the non-white person involved - and a substantial number of non-white people who have a good deal of contact with either members of the interracial tandem. Integrated bedrooms/back seats have delivered us a menagerie of fascinating terms(Octoroon), exotic looking people (Jennifer Beals), interesting flicks (Watermelon Man) and a White House full of Obamas. Sadly, Injustice, White Supremacy remains. And the non-white people who get it on with White people, are especially SADD.
SADD: SPACE for Non-Racist White people. Sexual intercourse symbolizes an intimate bond between two individuals. People naturally tend to develop a greater awareness and consideration for the person whom shares their bed. For non-white people with a White sex partner, this mandates that they conceptualize Racism in a manner that allows for Good White Folks. That is, White people who definitely don't do anything to participate in the System of White Supremacy. As with snack chips, it's generally difficult to stop at one. The non-white person who has convinced themselves that there is at least one White person who is not complicit with Racism/White Supremacy, tends to find other such White people. As their White sex partner will come to represent their most penetrating and trusted relationship to White people, this Suspected Racist will profoundly shape how this Victim perceives White people at large. Ramifications? These non-white people will be intolerant of any analysis of Racism which assumes or suggests that every White person is a participant in the System of White Supremacy. All White people would mean that their White partner is no exception; this is unacceptable for the maintenance of the non-white person's integrated relationship as well as their sanity. Illustration: The C.O.W.S. w/ Dr. Eddie Moore, Jr (May 2009).
SADD: Racism becomes ABSTRACT.
ABSTRACT: [adjective] A) thought apart from concrete realities, specific objects, [PEOPLE] or actual instances. B) expressing a quality or characteristic apart from any specific object, [PERSON] or instance. C) difficult to understand.
ABSTRACT: [verb] A) to divert or draw away the attention of. B) to consider as a general quality or characteristic apart from specific objects, [PEOPLE] or instances.
The System of White Supremacy is designed to befuddle non-white people. Our continued subjugation is the supreme evidence of our counter-racist deficiencies. Engaging in sexual intercourse with a Racist severely hampers the ability of non-white people to remember that Racism is a product of White behavior. "The Problem is White People." Non-white people with a White partner are frequently able to admit that Racism persists. However, they will posit that Racism exists because of laws, statues, codes, customs, chance... anything, anyone but the White people they're seated with and smooching. When White people address terrorism and crime, they make certain that everyone remembers that there are specific individuals to blame. Terrorists create Terrorism. Criminals create Crime. This flawless logic dictates that if Racism/White Supremacy endures, living, breathing Racists/White Supremacists (White People) are responsible. Sexual intercourse with a White persondemands that the non-white person reject any discussion of Racism that implicates White folks - especially the White person who sees them naked. Illustration:The C.O.W.S. w/ The Oreo Experience (January 2010).
SADD: DEFENDING White people. Chancellor L. Williams' Destruction of Black Civilization offers a phenomenal dissection of how White Supremacists have used miscegenation to establish a Buffer Group. This non-white Buffer can be used to protect White Supremacists and their interests. Non-white people with a White sex partner, White baby momma/daddy or White mother and father are directly related to Suspected Racists; that is, they cherish an intense emotional bond with a White person whom has been trained to perceive and relate to non-whites as inferior. Conversely, non-white people are conditioned to cater to and comfort White people. Engaging in sexual intercourse with a White person, conjoins the non-white person's interests with a representative of the global network of White Domination. Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Audre Lorde, Tiger Woods, Halle Berry, Alice Walker, Frantz Fanon, Lorraine Hansberry and James Brown have talked about, worked against and suffered from Racism. But will they indict their White sex partners and/or spouses? It has been this author's observation that such Victims staunchly oppose any non-white person who suggests that all White people are culpable, at minimum, Racist Suspects. The Victim's tireless defense is motivated to preserve White Innocence. Their indefatigable effort must simultaneously vindicate their own intelligence and ability to accurately understand and function on a planet dominated by White Supremacy... while bedding down with a Racist Suspect. Illustration: The C.O.W.S. w/ Dr. Nell Irvin Painter (June 2010).
SADD: "DIVIDED loyalties". Those two words came directly from a Victim of Racism who has a White spouse. This Victim indicated that having a White spouse restricted her attempts to counter-racism. Divided Loyalties. Meaning the non-white person has an allegiance to a White person whom is most likely a Racist. This erodes the non-white person's ability to accurately assess the System of White Supremacy. This author has observed these non-white people minimize the impact and pervasive nature of Racism/White Supremacy. They will remind other Victims that: Slavery was over 100 years ago. You can't blame all White people. And that Racism is not the only form of abuse in the universe. Gus has witnessed this degenerate to where the non-white person with a White sex partner is accusing other non-white people of being Racist; they contend that suggesting that White people be regarded as Racist Suspects is comparable to the KKK and segregationist. This author can only surmise that the intimate and emotional bond of sexual intercourse has infected the reasoning of these Victims, rendering them acutely sensitive to anything that sounds like an indictment - or less than perfumed commentary - concerning White people in general or their White partner specifically. Conquest often accompanies division. Illustration: The C.O.W.S. w/ Cheryl Judice (February 2010). If the reader took in Lakeview Terrace, this author may sound like the reincarnation of Abel Turner - Gus suspects that was one of the main objectives of the film. SADD has far reaching implications, should not be accepted without serious investigation and could be incorrect. However, I challenge the reader. Scrutinize non-white people who are sexually involved with White people. For starters, access their willingness to admit and dialog about Racism. Evaluate their understanding of the System of White Supremacy and what - if anything - they are doing to earnestly challenge it. Make your own conclusions. Extra Credit: The C.O.W.S. w/ Dr. Mwalimu K. Baruti Part II (April 2010).
