BrownsKidd Posted June 8, 2016 Report Share Posted June 8, 2016 This writer, Stephanie Land, is stating white privilege is the reason that Chewbaca Mom is getting so much fame. Really, were turning this into a racial issue. Granted, I understand her questionion of why so much is being given to this lady who made a video that went viral, and I think it's not fair for a University to give out scholarships to her entire family while other are paying for it, but this is not a racial issue. Please stop! http://www.sheknows.com/living/articles/1123479/chewbacca-mom In the last few weeks, the internet has split into two extremes of how it treats mothers who attain national attention. Candace Payne, otherwise known as Chewbacca Mom, now holds the distinction of having the most-watched Facebook video, with more than 3 million shares and counting, after she posted a video of herself wearing a Chewbacca mask and laughing uncontrollably. Payne's family has gone on to receive thousands in gifts. Mark Zuckerberg had her over to the Facebook headquarters for a private tour. Ellen DeGeneres had her on the show, as did James Corden and Good Morning America. Internet fame is rewarded heavily, especially when a specific product is promoted, likeDamn, Daniel and his white Vans shoes. Recently Time reported that Payne's family has received almost half a million in gifts, swag, trips to Disney World and even scholarships for her entire family to attend Southeastern University in Florida. More: Alcohol is never an excuse for sexual assault — period SEU, a small, private Christian college, announced the gift on its website, noting that Payne has "taken the opportunity to share her Christian faith and her desire that the attention and fame she is receiving will be used to share God’s love with others." Timeestimated the scholarship to be worth about $400,000. Meanwhile, in Cincinnati, more than 500,000 signatures were collected in support of having Child Protective Services and the local police department remove children from a mother's custody after her little boy slipped out of her grasp at a zoo. The contrast plays into how America rewards, supports, glorifies and lifts up white mediocracy and vilifies people of color and people in poverty. Though it's wonderful that Payne's family, who had the means for her to be a stay-at-home mom, has half a million dollars less of financial stress, other mothers who received national attention, in obvious need of the same, have gotten very little or nothing at all. In June of 2014, Debra Harrell, an African-American mother, was arrested, thrown in jail for 17 days and lost temporary custody of her 9-year-old daughter after leaving her at a nearby park with a cellphone. Harrell could not afford to pay for child care while she worked as a shift manager at McDonald's. Her daughter was home because of summer vacation, and Harrell let the girl sit in the restaurant with a laptop, but after that was stolen, she let her go to a nearby park where volunteers brought free lunch and snacks. A website raised funds for the family in the form of a college trust fund for the young girl, but at less than a tenth of what the Paynes received. More: Brock Turner wouldn't be getting any sympathy if he looked different Last July, another African-American mom was arrested for neglect when her children sat at a table alone while she sat nearby for a job interview. Laura Browder sat her children, aged 6 and 2, at a nearby table in a Houston Mall's food court while she interviewed for a job. Browder said she was 30 feet away from her children, and they were continuously in plain sight, but she was handcuffed immediately after she accepted the new job. A judge dropped the charges, chalking it up to a lapse in judgment. Child Protective Services said at the time that maybe they could help her find child care resources. Needless to say, no one has invited her to their corporate headquarters or handed out scholarships to her kids. None of this is to say that the Payne family is undeserving. Payne herself has met each of these gifts with her characteristic excitement in enjoying the small things, even when they are really, really big. But it still raises the question — as a country, why don't we show the same outpouring of support to the people who are in obvious need? Imagine Ellen having Debra or Laura on her show to offer them essentials like a vehicle, clothing, food or scholarships for day care? Why didn't Debra, a shift manager at McDonald's, also get money for college? More: These Hillary and Bill Clinton photos will take you back -- way back It's time we support and lift up the families who are in obvious need as much as we shower with gifts the ones who entertain us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbedward Posted June 8, 2016 Report Share Posted June 8, 2016 She's got it all wrong. We need to be focused on "cat privilege" doesn't she realize cats account for more viral videos on the internet than any other species. It's sickening, really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LogicIsForSquares Posted June 8, 2016 Report Share Posted June 8, 2016 The same young scholar wrote this "If we don't want our daughters to have sex, we owe them their own vibrators" Mar 31, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LogicIsForSquares Posted June 8, 2016 Report Share Posted June 8, 2016 A self loathing white lady who is super interested in her daughter getting a "back massager". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clevfan4life Posted June 8, 2016 Report Share Posted June 8, 2016 Shes got a point with chewbacca lady i mean wtf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LogicIsForSquares Posted June 8, 2016 Report Share Posted June 8, 2016 Was there a video of a black lady wearing a Chewbacca mask before that was ignored or is this writer just a window licker? I am thinking window licker. 100%. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blowe Posted June 8, 2016 Report Share Posted June 8, 2016 Dude, fuck chewbacca mom. That shit wasn't even funny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrownsKidd Posted June 8, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 8, 2016 Shes got a point with chewbacca lady i mean wtf Agreed, I don't understand the 15 minutes of fame awarded, and then all the gifts. In that regard, I understand the authors point. But it has absolutely nothing to do with white privilege... nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clevfan4life Posted June 8, 2016 Report Share Posted June 8, 2016 I disavow her correlation between chewbacca mom and gorilla kid mom......but shes dead on about white mediocrity. White mediocrity is why anybody knows the nsme kardashian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbedward Posted June 8, 2016 Report Share Posted June 8, 2016 Did you get hired by salon recently or something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbedward Posted June 8, 2016 Report Share Posted June 8, 2016 It has nothing to do with race, it's because people found it funny, no matter how stupid it was. The point remains, why do people embrace cat mediocrity so much in our society. They climb in a box and next thing you know you got 300 million views. Damn racist society. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clevfan4life Posted June 8, 2016 Report Share Posted June 8, 2016 It has nothing to do with race, it's because people found it funny, no matter how stupid it was. The point remains, why do people embrace cat mediocrity so much in our society. They climb in a box and next thing you know you got 300 million views. Damn racist society. Yes if u read what i wrote i acknowledged that the woman who correlated the two things was out of her mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clevfan4life Posted June 8, 2016 Report Share Posted June 8, 2016 My point about chewbacca mom, and yes all those stupid cat videos, is that white people gobble mediocrity like it was the antidote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbedward Posted June 8, 2016 Report Share Posted June 8, 2016 My point about chewbacca mom, and yes all those stupid cat videos, is that white people gobble mediocrity like it was the antidote I'm starting to think you might be the racist one. rac·ism noun the belief that all members of each race possess characteristics or abilities specific to that race, especially so as to distinguish it as inferior or superior to another race or races. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clevfan4life Posted June 8, 2016 Report Share Posted June 8, 2016 Well than how else do you explain the kardasisns and all these housewives shows? I mean they're doing housewives of raqqa next year thsn what? Move on to mars? Or those nasty homemakers from mercury? Im inundated every day with competing bullshit from black hip hop ngr life and unimaginably stupid white people life. Shenis Queers too cant forget they're everywhere now too. Nobody can just do what they do and stfu anymore. Imo its cause white people buy that shit up. So if u can make money making an ass of urself you'll do it right? And people in our stupid culture will applaud you for it. Dont get me wrong though black people are hot on the heels of caucasians. Its a race for abject mediocrity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westside Steve Posted June 8, 2016 Report Share Posted June 8, 2016 I'm starting to think you might be the racist one. rac·ism noun the belief that all members of each race possess characteristics or abilities specific to race, especially so as to distinguish it as inferior or superior to another race or races. Yes, I've been posting that definition for years. Unfortunately for the lefties the term racist is so politically charged they just can't help themselves from using it improperly. WSS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LogicIsForSquares Posted June 8, 2016 Report Share Posted June 8, 2016 I disavow her correlation between chewbacca mom and gorilla kid mom......but shes dead on about white mediocrity. White mediocrity is why anybody knows the nsme kardashian Send the Kardashians to the south and ask the locals if they think they are white. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westside Steve Posted June 8, 2016 Report Share Posted June 8, 2016 Send the Kardashians to the south and ask the locals if they think they are white. Armenians: somewhere between Greeks and Turks with just a dash of Middle East. WSS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LogicIsForSquares Posted June 8, 2016 Report Share Posted June 8, 2016 Armenians: somewhere between Greeks and Turks with just a dash of Middle East. WSS In Alabama, they would just be "A-rabs". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westside Steve Posted June 8, 2016 Report Share Posted June 8, 2016 In Alabama, they would just be "A-rabs".Oh well. Irish Scots Celts Angles Saxons Scandinavians Teutonics Welshman Russians Chechnyans Normans are all call white. And when the lefties want to stir up a race war so are Italians and Cubans. WSS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieHardBrownsFan Posted June 8, 2016 Report Share Posted June 8, 2016 Sand Niggas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calfoxwc Posted June 8, 2016 Report Share Posted June 8, 2016 "HEY, you can't say "all blacks"...that is RACIST ! btw, all you whites have white privilege... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One Post Posted June 9, 2016 Report Share Posted June 9, 2016 You can't trust them white MFers. They're too busy driving they Mazda's to Subway buyin' turkey breast sandwiches and shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calfoxwc Posted June 9, 2016 Report Share Posted June 9, 2016 Isn't a mazda, and it's ham and cheese, thank ya very much... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiamat63 Posted June 9, 2016 Report Share Posted June 9, 2016 It's only white if you put mayo on your sammich. Seriously, you people disgust me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westside Steve Posted June 9, 2016 Report Share Posted June 9, 2016 It's only white if you put mayo on your sammich. Seriously, you people disgust me. Oh oh shit, preen all you want but remember that mustard was invented to kill the taste and smell of tainted meat... WSS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calfoxwc Posted June 9, 2016 Report Share Posted June 9, 2016 Whenever we do go to Subway... I always ask for Miracle Whip, knowing they don't have it. Well, I use to always ask for root beer, knowing they didn't have it, at fast food restaurants.. but they got it in,...so... I think I sprained my hand digging in the dirt and planting hundreds of tomato plants... still have 5 trays left... taking a break this morning. Getting them in a week late. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Cysko Kid Posted June 9, 2016 Report Share Posted June 9, 2016 Whenever we do go to Subway... I always ask for Miracle Whip, knowing they don't have it. Well, I use to always ask for root beer, knowing they didn't have it, at fast food restaurants.. but they got it in,...so... I think I sprained my hand digging in the dirt and planting hundreds of tomato plants... still have 5 trays left... taking a break this morning. Getting them in a week late. Miracle whip is disgusting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One Post Posted June 11, 2016 Report Share Posted June 11, 2016 You guys think you're fucking funny huh? I WAS FUCKING RAPED! Lmao Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Cysko Kid Posted June 11, 2016 Report Share Posted June 11, 2016 Miracle whip rapes my taste buds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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