Defensive and Defenseless WOMM
An essay of banal wit, on race, gender, and age
May 20, 2017
I am feeling defensive, in one sense I am defenseless. It seems old
white men are under attack, but it is because they have behaved so
horribly. The only reason I am feeling defensive is because I am an
old white man. I make this statement as a clear-cut a priori
assertion. I do have data to back up my claim. I am old, next week I
will be sixty-five. I am white, have you seen the enormous quantities
of sunscreen I am supposed to use? I am and have always been a man; it
is best if we just keep this third assertion, an a priori assertion.
Also there is my hair I believe its color is best described as
blizzard whiteout or avalanche snow load. I have matured to scheduling
haircut appointments every six weeks with a professional hair chopping
person. My only other option would be to go full out Gandalf the
White. I am not sure, but I believe a woman of color just took a photo
of me with her phone. I am in Nordstrom food court, actually the
Shoppes at North Bridge, while Nancy amuses herself and I try not to
fall asleep. I am guessing she captioned her post, the whitest man in
America.
Urban overload for a mild mannered Forgottonian
When discussing hair and people noticing it I am reminded of the
Melissa Harris-Perry’s show where panels had many don’t touch my hair
discussions. I do hope someday I get to meet her. I always liked her
MSNBC show before corporate heads decided MSNBC needed to be more
White and Right. If I did meet Ms. Harris-Perry, in person, I would
tell her it was OK to touch my hair. I know, it would give her a
moment to laugh.
I do not understand other people’s hair traits or care regimens. My
hair grows and I wash it. When it dries it falls into a semblance of
order, and I ignore it. Sometimes, I vigorously shake my head, and it
falls back in place, at least to a degree. Here I am in my life
journey a fairly fit, reasonably presentable, white haired old man.
This is supposed to be the revered elder timeframe. Have you read
Proverbs 16:31? “Gray hair is a crown of splendor; it is attained in
the way of righteousness,” Why am I feeling assailed? Unfortunately
there is good reason for the assailing too many old men have been
acting like loutish oafs.
Melissa Harris-Perry
Too many old white men are selfish, corrupt, greedy, sex predators,
also hypocrites. It would be better, if they were simply narcissistic
abusers of power and wealth. They could be like all the early 19th
century plantation masters filling their greedy grubby sin grabbing
fingers. I would say, a simple case of business malpractice let the
court system handle it. It is their practice of preaching and pushing
fear and distrust in the public square that has caused the distress..
They have ruined our civil society by setting us at each other’s
throats.
They behave with the morals of slave masters. Still they act the part
of moral patriarchs sternly pointing fingers of rectitude at others
with less power and wealth. Turning us, until we blame the poor and
powerless for being infectious parasites in our culture and society.
They use their prominence to proclaim Christianity while they are
filled with hate and outrage. They use their public privilege to decry
moral decline and a loss of family values in our culture while
personally abusing their positions of power. I cannot have a simple
small Midwestern discussion of “how you doing today”, without being
viewed as a potential creep. Something of warning label to any woman I
might meet, I am not a creep. I am simply a lovable eccentric. An
eccentric who believes life is better when interacting in friendly
chats
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