Yes, that's what I said to my friend on the phone and he was so shocked that I make a statement so blatantly... uh... not politically correct? Hey, I could understand why it may be offensive, but I'm not trying to offend anyone in saying the statement. It's a fact. I'm straight. I would like an opportunity to date someone as cute as the pic of the gay guy I was looking at online. But because they may be gay, I lose that opportunity. So I hate when gay people are cute. But yes they do have a right to cuteness. That being said, my friends reaction was exaggerated. But not far from the reaction that most people would have at me making that statement. Close to the same reaction I have when people say something that is not politically correct about women or black people. Very close to the reaction I have when I hear the n-word. Dare I say it - nigga. I'm reading a book by Toni Morrison called, Playing in the Dark.
Talking about the black race in America, specifically referring to literary scholarship, she states:
"... ignoring race is understood to be a graceful, even generous, liberal gesture. To notice is to recognize an already discredited difference. To enforce its invisibility through silence is to allow the black body a shadowless participation in the dominant cultural body."
I haven't completely broken down nor grasped the full idea behind this statement. (I've had the book for three years and I must admit, I have not completed yet. Still working on that first chapter. You try to read without a dictionary and tell me how it goes for you) But I can definitely see the proof in my daily life. My political correctness won't allow my brother to say nigga. But why not? Because it's shocking? Open communication between people and about their differences need to be facilitated and conducted or the problem will always be swept under the rug. Not the big problems that get news media attention but the small ones, like the way someone looks at you a certain way that you might not approve of. I personally, would like to date a white person but the only reason why I would not marry one? Not because we're too different but because I do not believe they would value me as much as I would want to be valued. Kinda brings into question my own self image. But I would like to get the answers to these questions:
Potential white husband, what do you think of my hair? Why do you think that? Does my skin color shock you? Truthfully, is your skin color prettier that mine? What about the way I speak? Am I really too aggressive for you?
These questions specifically for my potential mate of course but other more -dare I say- political questions I would ask to any white person who would truly just want to listen and answer sincerely.
Political correctness just dilutes truth, and yes initially it may hurt to hear what someone truly believes but the truth is the truth. And I still hate it when gay people are cute. Which is more inherent, cuteness or gayness? Seriously, how can we come to love without truth?
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