patricia arquette speech

so much talk about her speech saying it was racist and gayist and all that jazz. saying it was just privileged white chick playing victim when what the african americans are dealing with is so much worse.

some dude (or dudess) made a video about it using statistics on how bad they've got it and i don't deny it. it's shit. it's cock and bollocks. but .. one's person suffering doesn't denote another, even when it happens more often. that just proves the shit is bad and needs fixing.

nowhere in patricia's speech did she say what others had gone through was trivial. what she did say is we've (mostly and many women) have supported people in those positions, minorities, the mistreated, hard done by people. we've supported the down and out. we've fought for them.

to my mind, the only way to succeed it is to join together. all of the misfortunate. join in and say the same message. it's not good enough. i love hearing about the truth of what is happening to others and i'm glad that dudess put it out there. it gives us knowledge and something to fight for.

don't fob the white chick off because she's white and doesn't suffer what and how you suffer. she still suffers and understands suffering and wants change just as much as you do.