I don’t need to “think about it”. By the time I finished reading this ask, I already got an answer for you.

I’m going to break down your own words and show you why even your wording is stupid.

If you feel oppressed in a white man’s country then have you ever considered relocating to a non-white country?

First off, you assumed that this is a “White Man’s Country”. The closest I can think of is a “Christian Nation” since White people don’t like to think of themselves as “White”. 

This is not a “Christian Nation”, but a nation of immigrants. (Didn’t you learn US History?) White people are NOT natives here, they killed the natives off. I’m only a native of America because I was born here. If my mother never left Guyana, I would have been born there. Yes, I am born of a direct native of another country, so I can say that’s a possibility. 

And yes, Guyana is “non-white” country. 

But wait… let us wait until the next statement…

I guarantee than if you lived in, let’s say, Africa for a year then your life will become ten times as worse and you will learn to appreciate the difference between harmless racism and third-world conditions created by power-hungry warlords.

Second, (and for the millionth time) Africa is not a country. Africa is a Continent, which is made up of countries. Do you know why people call this country “the United States of America”? Because if people simply call it “America”, then the next question would be “which part? North America, South America, Latin America?” And please do not tell me “There’s only one America” because that would show your ignorance. 

But then again… which part of Africa are you talking about? Ghana? I have friends that want to go to Ghana (one of them went as part of studying abroad and they loved it! She wished she can stay there, but her family and life is here.). South Africa? They got problems, but not warlord problems. 

Oh, you must mean a place where Joseph Kony is/was (I’m not sure if he’s dead or alive and I don’t wanna research this part at the moment because it’s besides the point.). Well, “Africa” is not without it’s problems. But can you guess who caused those problems? 

White men. Or better yet, corporate greed. It’s greed, the one of the seven “deadly sins” is what created these “warlords”. It’s also a combination of trade agreements that benefits these corporations… who are owned by White men. 

While it’s easy to say “why not go there and wake people up”, there’s a mental conditioning that makes it close to impossible. There’s too much going on to make a simple case about it… and one I will not attempt to make.

However, let’s get back to your straw man’s logic and tactic, which you talk about “harmless racism”…

… Now, there’s an oxymoron if I ever heard of one. What is “harmless racism”? You want an excuse to be ignorant of other people or do you just want your life to be easy by not having to select your words carefully?

I’m going to assume the latter, because ignorance can’t be your agenda… after all, you’re “oppressed” right? So you must be informed. 

Here’s a secret… there is no such thing as harmless racism. To indicate that racism is harmless is to show that you are ignorant to the plight, laws, restrictions, regulations and any kind of “ions” against People of Color. 

So therefore, you are ignorant by choice, not by default (which is the point of this blog: to talk about ignorance by default.)

However, I won’t waste your time with examples, as this blog clearly showcases a lot of answers for you.

However, I will say this… most of the time, White people want to be viewed as “normal”. They want to be viewed as such because we (PoC) get reminded every single day that being White is superior, so saying “White” isn’t suppose to be part of the agenda here! Even if you are “losing your liberties” on a daily basis, lazy White man will get ahead better than the most productive, cost-effective, by the book Black man mostly because society is trained to look at White as “good, conservative” while Black as “evil”. 

It’s not even about the “looks” here, but at this point, I think I overstated everything that is wrong with your ask.

But let’s go back a bit and ask the question you might have asked if you’re not so ignorant; if Guyana is so great, why did my mother moved to America? After all, they are overrun by Warlords, right (well, according to your logic)? Actually, they want more opportunity. They were sold on the “American Dream”. Little do they know that it’s the “White Dream” until they got here.

It’s amazing what tourism marketing can do, huh?

But hey… even with all the prejudices we faced… she still managed to make it better than most White men who joined the Military and couldn’t get help because they are blinded to another thing. What thing? Something called “fighting for our freedom”… whatever that is.

P.S. - I find it ironic that someone who’s writing as “an Oppressed White Man” would use Fido Dido as his icon, since Fido Dido is a pop culture icon used outside of the United States these days.