The worst of the Smithsonian museums proved why it is the crappiest in Washington D.C. The National Museum of African American History and Culture has put out a handy guide for people to spot and avoid “whiteness.” I guess that’s what it is anyway. With helpful tips like “look out for people who work hard” and “be wary of families with fathers” this guide is sure ease race relations in this country.
On the National Museum of African American History and Culture website they have a section dedicated to the evils of whitey. Why? That’s unclear, but it’s painfully obvious the museum doesn’t think much of white folks:
Whiteness and white racialized identity refer to the way that white people, their customs, culture, and beliefs operate as the standard by which all other groups of are compared. Whiteness is also at the core of understanding race in America. Whiteness and the normalization of white racial identity throughout America’s history have created a culture where nonwhite persons are seen as inferior or abnormal.
This white-dominant culture also operates as a social mechanism that grants advantages to white people, since they can navigate society both by feeling normal and being viewed as normal. Persons who identify as white rarely have to think about their racial identity because they live within a culture where whiteness has been normalized.
According to the museum, simply being white causes damage to everyone who isn’t white:
Whiteness (and its accepted normality) also exist as everyday microaggressions toward people of color. Acts of microaggressions include verbal, nonverbal, and environmental slights, snubs or insults toward nonwhites. Whether intentional or not, these attitudes communicate hostile, derogatory, or harmful messages.
Geez, white people sound horrible and I’d like to avoid them but I’m not sure I can identify these dangerous micro aggressors. Luckily, the museum included this handy guide to spot white people before they can do any more damage:
As you can see, if you come upon a hard-working, self-reliant, rational thinker, it’s probably a white devil. If these are aspects of whiteness, does that mean non-whites are lazy, dependent, lunatics? I didn’t come up this guide, so let’s put that bit of racism on the National Museum of African American History and Culture.
One of the more interesting traits in white people is the belief in one God. Apparently monotheism is linked to white supremacy. I wonder what Muslims think about this or the millions of black Christians in this country. They will be shocked to know they are flaunting their white privilege all over the place.
Punctuality is another thing that gives away white people. If you schedule a meeting and the person shows up on time, punch him or her in the face because they are definitely racist.
This thing is really dumb, especially coming from The Smithsonian, but the actual stupidity derives from the attempt to take virtuous qualities like responsibility and respect and turn them into negative traits. And again, what they are really saying is that minorities are awful people if they are opposite of hard-working intelligent white people.
