Dear Whiny White People: Great rant from a Native American Facebook friend

[JAbuchan08]

233. AMEN!

Except for me. I clearly have it worse than YOU, as my people have historically had it worse than YOUR people. While I *personally* don't approve of prejudice behavior, I'm not going to go so far as to condemn it, because I understand that it comes from anger and frustration at this historical oppression. To condemn prejudice against your historically advantaged people would be equivalent to equating the slight offense you take from a racial pejorative to the centuries of violence and oppression my people have faced.

Furthermore if you have a problem or issue with the use of a racial pejorative by MY people, you are a racist. By stating that it bothers you to be addressed with hostility, insult and vituperation you are essentially stating that not only do you equate the centuries of hostility and violence to my people with a minor insult directed at you, but that there is no longer any racism against my people and all my concerns about racism are unfounded

Or you could just be saying that we're all in the same boat and we shouldn't be needlessly offensive to one another, that prejudice and racism are wrong no matter who they are directed at and that we don't have to break out the scales of offense to weigh who has the "right" to be offended by slurs directed at them.