One thing that whites easily forget….more often than not, blacks are put down with derogatory terms. It’s easy for whites to suggest blacks are being paranoid. We don’t walk into a job interview, losing it before we even open our mouths. Women get it more than men because we have experienced some form of prejudiced. We are stupid if we are attractive. We are useless and lazy if we are overweight. we are sluts if we are sexy….we are smart if we are ugly.

Anyone who uses these derogatory descriptions - even if they are not thought out - should try using empathy first, take a look at their own issues and realize none of us - NONE OF US - should be able to judge others based on the stereotypes. Anyway…this got me on a soapbox. It pisses me off.

And all I did here was quote Rinku Sen. I said nothing about race. That being said, the term “welfare queen,” is loaded with the meaning imbued to it by Moynihan, Nixon, Reagan, W.J. Wilson, the Chicago school, etc… a bunch of folks who believed that the situation of black people in America had to do with laziness and complacency because of social entitlements. A very, very racist bunch. That is why Miller’s use of the term “welfare queens” incites an inherently racialized idea.

Here’s what Wiki has to say: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welfare_queen

And, boy, what a life! You have an anecdote for everything!