He says that KKK members have many misconceptions about black people, which stem mostly from intense
brainwashing in the home. When the Klansmen get to know him, he says, it
becomes impossible for them to hold on to their prejudices. He
explains:
This Klansman and I were riding around in my car and the
topic of crime came up. He made the remark that all black people had a
gene that makes us violent. I said ‘Gary, what are you talking about?’
He said ‘Who’s doing all the shootings?’ I said ‘let me tell you
something, I am as black as anyone you’ve ever seen and I’ve never done a
drive by or a shooting.’ After a time I said ‘you know, it’s a fact
that all white people have within them a gene that makes them serial
killers. Name me three black serial killers.’ He could not do it. I said
‘you have the gene. It’s just latent.’ He said ‘well that’s stupid’ I
said ‘it’s just as stupid as what you said to me.’ He was very quiet
after that and I know it was sinking in.
The thing that’s interesting about this is, if you read up on how he does it… The big thing is that he listens to them and lets them say their stupid shit. He sometimes argues with them, but he also lets them talk about stuff and ask questions, and guess what, it works.
Guy’s got >20 sets of klan robes in his closet that people have sent him when they decided to quit the Klan.
This guy is a great example of why I think being polite to people you think are wrong is an effective strategy.
!!!!!!! THIS IS SO IMPORTANT THAT IT’S GOING ON MY MAIN BLOG
This feels important again. I’d rather spread this amazing guy’s words than add my own.
(the full article looks clickbaity but it’s super worth a read!!)
Please you don’t understand, nothing in there is dangerous. No, no, don’t hurt those creatures, please! Don’t hurt those creatures there’s nothing in there that’s dangerous. Please! They are not dangerous.
I was washing dishes when this headcannon came to me. Here you go:
What do you get an NHL star for his birthday? To be honest, Bitty is broke and while he could probably make a small fortune selling late night hand pies to the post party set at 2am, he has a better idea.
Bitty, with the enthusiastic help of the SMH, makes a “Drunk History of Hockey: the Story of Lord Stanley’s Cup”.
Lardo is in charge of filming.
Both because it was Bitty’s idea and because his accent is amplified while intoxicated, the team makes Bitty do the voice over.
One bottle of merlot in, and Bitty is ready, dressed in Jack’s Falconer’s jersey.
“Hey y’all! I am about to regale and amaze you with the story of Ice Hockey and the Stanley’s Cup. No Stanley Cup. Yes, Stanley Cup. Ok, here we go.”
Lardo edits the film to sepia tone and adds a measured flicker to the film to make it look dated. The story starts with Shitty skating into frame on the pond. Bitty’s voice comes in, “So this guy in cold ass Nova Scotia, named James Creighton says, “thank you N.S. but you are too cold for me, so I’m going to Montreal! “ And when he gets there, he’s all like, “Damnit! It’s cold here too! But I got my sticks and I got these cool ass boots with knives strapped on with clamps, let’s take this mess indoors!”
Bitty takes a moment to get another glass of wine before continuing with the story.
The camera pans back to Shitty now standing in Faber Ice Arena in a far corner to give the allusion that it was 100 years ago. “Alright, so then, Creighton makes a team and people run in like…” At this point in the tape, Ransom skates onto the ring, “Dude, you can’t play hockey indoors! What if you kill someone with that ball that you are just smacking around on the ice?” And Creighton is all like, “Man, I’m going to like answer your concern with something even more dangerous! Instead of a round wooden ball, how about I flatten it to something resembling a miniature frisbee of death!”
The camera cuts back to Bitty, “What do you mean frisbees weren’t invented yet? Whatever, you know what I mean.”
Bitty takes the story through the first few games of hockey and all the way to the first leagues, the Governor General of Canada, Lord Stanley, and the inclusion and exclusion in the Olympic games.
When Jack gets the video, he has to pause it periodically because he’s laughing so hard as his boyfriend gets progressively drunker and Shitty’s acting gets more and more over the top. The entire team had fun filming the various roles for the video.
The video becomes a yearly tradition to be formally screened on Jack’s birthday or anytime at all when he feels even the littlest bit sad.
