#18 Awareness
January 23, 2008 by clander
An interesting fact about white people is that they firmly believe that all of the world’s problems can be solved through “awareness.” Meaning the process of making other people aware of problems, and then magically someone else like the government will fix it.
This belief allows them to feel that sweet self-satisfaction without actually having to solve anything or face any difficult challenges. Because, the only challenge of raising awareness is people not being aware. In a worst case scenario, if you fail someone doesn’t know about the problem. End of story.
What makes this even more appealing for white people is that you can raise “awareness” through expensive dinners, parties, marathons, selling t-shirts, fashion shows, concerts, eating at restaurants and bracelets. In other words, white people just have to keep doing stuff they like, EXCEPT now they can feel better about making a difference.
Raising awareness is also awesome because once you raise awareness to an acceptable, aribtrary level, you can just back off and say “Bam! did my part. Now it’s your turn. Fix it.”
So to summarize – you get all the benefits of helping (self satisfaction, telling other people) but no need for difficult decisions or the ensuing criticism (how do you criticize awareness?). Once again, white people find a way to score that sweet double victory.
Popular things to be aware of: The Environment, Diseases like Cancer and AIDS, Africa, Poverty, Anorexia, Homophobia, Midde School Field Hockey/Lacrosse teams, Drug Rehab, and political prisoners.
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white people just have to keep doing stuff they like, EXCEPT now they can feel better about making a difference.
HAHAHHA So TRUE!
***Open Mind: Get a Life. Stop posting everywhere. No one cares/
The best was the Robert Randolph concert in Charlottesville to raise awareness for global warming…as if we weren’t already “aware” enough (thanks to the media). I wonder what the carbon footprint of those nation-wide band tours are anyway…
Ive come on this to the conclusion that the reason white people like all of the shit on this website is the following:
If you got it like that why not experience more with your life.
Shit I golf, snowboard, rockclimb, mountain bike, live in manhattan, drive a fat asS bmw suv, fuck asian women, have plenty of black friends, got sweaters and motherfuckin t-shirts that I’LL wear on a plane to San FraCisco if I damn well fell like it. Shit Ill Even invite my lawyer to my beach house on a sunday for coffee maybe some tea while we read the fuckin New York Times. Yes the Liberal rag that sweats Barack Obama. After that we will indulge in some microbrews on my vintage sail boat.
When I get Bored ill travel the fuck where I want probably to snowboard somewhere usually Utah the whitest fuckin state there is. Ill take in some wine before I watch a film at sundance while I am there.
Just for a challenge I will go to a farmers market get some organic shit go home and order some sushi. You see I am trying to get in shape to run a fuckin marathon. After I finish the first thing I am going to do is shut of my i-pod loaded with free music, grab some bottled water and spark a fat mother fuckin spliff!!!!
YEAH I LOVE BEING AWARE OF DIVERSITY.
HOWEVER THE IRONY OF THIS WHOLE THING IS BEING WHITE FOR ME ONLY FOR ME!!! kICKS BIGTIME ASS!!
uhm, isn’t there a law against posting the same thing in more than one of these points?
I sure DO like rules…and the oxford comma…
Go fuck yourself!! I just learned how to cut and paste. What are you the self annointed grammar cop/web master. This websites a joke it makes me laugh so leave me the fuck alone BENJI. By the way I am only kidding… Lighten up my man just having three letters F…U…N. Be well. Bye the way take that oxford comma and the oxford dictionary and shove them up you ass…LOL!!
Really Good luck Ben.
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SO DAMN TRUE!
Like if you know about an issue somehow you’re helping it? I dunno, I can think of black and Asian folks who do this too, but I’m in the UK so it’s different I suppose.
I think that this is my favourite on the list.
White people like to talk about themselves.
Awareness is cool I believe white people should be aware, we need too support the less fortunate help me achieve some social awareness at: http://www.revoint.com
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