I don’t know who Samer Alhato is. I don’t know his political background, or what groups he’s affiliated with, or what mix of ideology he espouses. Glancing down his Facebook and Twitter feeds, I can see there’s some ideas I both agree and disagree with, along with a bunch of commentary on pop culture that I couldn’t care less about.
But today I came across this Facebook post of his that’s going viral, and it perfectly encapsulates the hypocrisy of the partisan media storm surrounding the Duggars these past few weeks:
“When black folks have several children, they’re called irresponsible,” he wrote. “When whites people do, it’s called ’19 kids and counting.’ When Muslims are accosted for having the ABILITY to marry more than one wife, they’re called misogynistic. When white people do it, it’s called ‘Sister Wives.’ When the various cultures of brown folks around the world have arranged marriages, they are shamed for it. When white people do it, it’s called ‘Married At First Sight.'”
“Want to know what White Privilege is? Watch TLC.”
The statement neither condemns or endorses families having litters of kids, arranged marriages, or polygamy – it simply points out how TLC, the network that aired the Duggar reality show 19 Kids and Counting, gives a sympathetic and apologist platform to social behavior that’s condemned by white Christian folks when brown-skinned people from the Middle East do it.
Featured image via TLC
Dejah
June 11, 2015 at 1:53 am
This does ignore the fact that to an extent, we don’t idolize polygamists or Right-Wing Quiverfull nuts, we consider them weird and interesting because they are way outside the mainstream. They are on TV to gawk at… because they are sideshow freaks. Only *other freaks* think they are to be emulated.
The Southern Rationalist
June 11, 2015 at 2:29 am
That is a glorious Facebook post.
Brian
June 11, 2015 at 2:30 am
It’s just inaccurate. People chide certain people for having a litter of children that THEY CANNOT AFFORD. I can’t stand the Duggar family or anything they stand for, but the truth is, they can afford it.
Muslims ARE NOT misogynistic? Learned something new today. Might want to ask the women in some of those countries, they might have a different opinion. Can’t stand Mormons or their “sister wives” either.
People who voluntarily submit to an “arranged” marriage for a reality show is way different than having it forced on you.
Jordan Siddock
June 11, 2015 at 3:16 am
Well said, sir.
Meghan Teela Hrncir
June 11, 2015 at 4:19 am
Not to mention that whole molestation scandal that TLC is essentially endorsing by keeping that show going.
http://www.boston.com/entertainment/tv/2015/06/10/why-hasn-tlc-canceled-the-duggars-kids-and-counting/Q3ci2xmcvddL7WPTR9Zg0N/story.html
Chris Knutson
June 11, 2015 at 6:04 am
yep
Ramon Casha
June 11, 2015 at 6:29 am
TLC does. The rest of us still call them irresponsible and call for them to be neutered.
cae
June 11, 2015 at 6:37 am
Plenty of people call the Duggars irresponsible, especially in light of the latest scandal.
The guy in Sister Wives is a misogynist.
Married at First Sight has participants from different races.
This guy should at least watch the adds before speaking. He isn’t even going so far as to judge the book by it’s cover at this point. He is a step below that….
Advice: concentrate on things you actually know if you are trying to drive a point home.
J Period Blakemore
June 11, 2015 at 6:38 am
“The rest of us”…?
Taking a lot of liberties in speaking for other people, aren’t you? Last I checked TLC puts these programs on because someone is watching them. TLC isn’t showing them on a sheet in their backyard for their closest friends.
In other words TLC isn’t the only one saying these things. Their audience is fine with this.
Brian
June 11, 2015 at 7:49 am
No, I think TLC (as any other network) will put on the air whatever they believe the mindless masses will gravitate to. Nothing more, nothing less.
Willie J
June 11, 2015 at 8:20 am
Except that no one who watches any of those shows actually thinks it’s acceptable behavior and the notion of those actions are the same thing. People watch because it’s considered a freak show and is in no way positive. Also, are we going to pretend that every white family who engages in these actions has a television show? Just because there’s a show about it doesn’t mean that anyone thinks it’s acceptable.
Terrible logic fail. Try again.
Trisha Spiker
June 11, 2015 at 9:31 am
Lol… he is forgetting that there are shows with black people having a ton of kids… “6 little McGhees” is one of them…
Paul
June 11, 2015 at 10:37 am
I used to watch TLC about 15 years ago when their programs were actually interesting. Since the advent of reality TV trash in that timeframe I have never watched that channel since, and any other station that insults people’s intelligence.
tree
June 11, 2015 at 10:54 am
I consider any polygamy is wrong, regardless of who is doing it. I think it is wrong for anyone to have so many kids that they cannot give the kids the proper amount of attention that is necessary. I can see where the sentiment of the post comes from, but I disagree with it all regardless of the skin tone the person possesses.
Jason Jenkins
June 11, 2015 at 11:20 am
Interesting observation. Though I’d have to say that people also call Mormon polygamy misogynistic and that people do talk in disbelief about the folks at my office with more than 5 kids. Still, you’re right: these reality freak shows in general, on TLC and elsewhere, focus on white people. Are any of the Housewives of … black or Asian? Has there been a black or Asian “Bachelor” yet? (Maybe there have been, but none of the ones I’ve seen blurbs about on the edges of the web pages I visit are anything but white.)
Jullianna Martin
June 11, 2015 at 11:41 am
That’s because white people don’t make other people pay for their kids.
Tracy Herrmann
June 11, 2015 at 12:40 pm
When people says its irresponsible to have multiple children is when you can’t AFFORD them and expect tax payers to pay for your huge family (any color!) The duggers are not living on government payouts. As for arranged marriage, that is usually done without consent of the bride and pre arranged since childhood!! They have no say so! So comparing that to two consenting adults (yet stupid) is ridiculous. Stop race baiting for your liberals. And to compare sister wife’s to a Muslim marriage!!! I watched that show, the women we not suppressed at all. They got to go where they wanted, wear what they wanted, talk to whom they wanted. Do you think Muslim marriages are like that!? A big fat no! The man who wrote this is racist against white people and his stupid hateful words should not be shared.
chantallancaster
June 11, 2015 at 12:43 pm
Nailed it. The white rage lashback should commence any second now….
Renewal
June 11, 2015 at 1:14 pm
Wow definitely food for thought
Andrew
June 11, 2015 at 1:19 pm
Nobody thinks the Duggars are responsible. Nobody thought octomom was either. Remember all the hate she got?
Polygamy is illegal in all 50 states and everyone shits on Mormons for doing it too.
The part people don’t like about arranged marriage is the part where children are forced into, not the part where their skin is brown. Nobody cares if an adult agrees to get paid to marry a stranger for a reality show, they’re not forced to do anything.
Slayne Davenport
June 11, 2015 at 1:42 pm
And to think they used to be “The Learning Channel” and actually be one of the more educational channels there was.
Bobby Walker
June 11, 2015 at 1:48 pm
Show should be called “Create You Own Cult”
Brandie
June 11, 2015 at 1:54 pm
The only thing he’s missing is that white people condemn all of these things too. Tlc just made a sideshow out of them for our viewing pleasure. I don’t know one white person that thinks having all those kids, marrying a bunch of women, or arranging a marriage is ok. The public census is still the same, that it’s wrong, irresponsible and downright shameful. The difference I think is people from the Middle East would never let cameras in for the rest of us to mock their irresponsible or shameful behavior. So this guy can shout white privledge and we can give in to more separatist thinking or we can recognize white sideshow idiots for what they are.
janet
June 11, 2015 at 2:06 pm
When people (of any color) have large families and can afford to take care of them without tax payer assistance what business is it of anyone else? As for watching TLC, why would anyone with half a brain do that?
roddywilliams59
June 11, 2015 at 2:55 pm
It’s irresponsible to have more than two children whoever is doing it. 19 is obscene.
Jen
June 11, 2015 at 4:55 pm
First, 19 kids and counting is a family who has been married for years. Is it irresponsible? I’m not judging but it’s irresponsible of any parent of any race single or married to have kid after kid that they can’t care for on their own. Second, sister wives is just as scoffed at as Muslims. A majority of people still don’t accept it. And married at first sight has had all different races. It’s a social experiment to see if people can be matched up by science. It’s hosted white, black, Hispanic, and Indian. So this post is completely ridiculous
Calvin Landry
June 11, 2015 at 4:58 pm
I’m not a fan of the Duggars but the idea of having a large family is what is preached in the Bible. It doesn’t matter about skin color in my mind, it is about the ability to care for a large family. It is about several issues no matter the color of a persons skin or their heritage. I don’t want to make these comments about any person, group, or background just simple observations. First off the idea of a family where there are multiple fathers and a single mother is problematic. If the family has a married couple with a large brood that is fine. The second issue is the families ability to care for a large family. If there is a large family and they are able to care for themselves without relying on government assistance no one has the right to comment. It becomes problematic when there is a large family that is relying on government assistance and they continue to procreate to increase the amount of assistance they are receiving. This litany could go on for a good while longer but I’m going to cutoff with this last statement as long as what you are doing is not affecting anyone else no one really has the right to comment.
Jeremy
June 11, 2015 at 5:09 pm
I don’t see white, black, or brown people in these barbaric situations. Just a bunch of people practicing barbaric customs no matter what phenotype or religion they are.
TLC should just be shut down and put back under NASA’s thumb. We need the glory days when they were still called The Learning Channel back. What went wrong in our society to make them shift to bad “reality” shows and why?
Sarah
June 11, 2015 at 6:07 pm
I agree with this statement mostly, except for the fact that the show “Married at first sight” is not all white, as the other two shows listed are. It’s hypocritical to be sure, but I think it’s more a cultural bias than a race bias. Just that show, anyway.
redfoxheidi
June 11, 2015 at 6:26 pm
I’d like to argue that “19 Kids and Counting” is a little different than “19 Kids and a Welfare Check” (NOT that I support the largely-untrue stereotype) since the Duggars are able to provide for their children and have multitudes for religious purposes and do so intentionally. But I’m white, so any point I’d like to make is discredited by privileged default.
Del Brown
June 11, 2015 at 7:20 pm
He said Black folks, not middle eastern people. Black folks.
Jason D
June 11, 2015 at 9:19 pm
Not privilege…we don’t hold these morons in any esteem…they are shame porn…the embarrassment vomit we need to plunge face first into to feel like we are not the best thing out there…the human failing, the retarded gene that we just cant shake.
Eric
June 11, 2015 at 9:45 pm
If you watch TLC ya must be ignorant!
Susan
June 11, 2015 at 10:15 pm
I Just call them stupid
Michelle Terrell
June 11, 2015 at 10:36 pm
Samer Alhato is right.
Joe
June 11, 2015 at 10:59 pm
So white people are privileged to have 19 kids (even if they can’t afford them), marry many wives (and maybe stone them if they commit adultery), and have arranged marriages without shame, and no one will call them white trash, nor will they get arrested if they marry more than one wife? The bitter post is silly.
Facts:
1. People who can afford the amount of children they have are not called irresponsible no matter how many children they have or what race they are. However, whites and others having more children than they can afford are called irresponsible because they are irresponsible. Having more kids then you can afford can lead to neglect and arrest regardless of race.
2. A white male in America who marries more then one woman will be called sexist and will be arrested. Also, there are money other things that go on in countries under Sharia law that is sexist.
3. A white person in an arranged marriage would be looked at the same as anyone in an arranged marriage. Who gets shamed for being in an arranged marriage? A forced arranged marriage can lead to arrest regardless of color.
raymond halsrud
June 11, 2015 at 11:38 pm
ok then what about BTV
Raul De Jesus
June 12, 2015 at 1:22 am
Well said!
Jon
June 12, 2015 at 2:13 am
It should be obvious that decisions of a TV network do not reflect majority opinion. Tlc thought it will make money, so they did it, TV executives are running out of ideas and going for simply shock value.
Marie (@BucksCoBlogger)
June 12, 2015 at 2:23 am
Married at First Sight is not on TLC. It’s on FYI which is not even owned by Discovery. It’s owned by the same company that owns A&E. Otherwise, this guy has a good point.
PatchyThePirate
June 12, 2015 at 5:46 am
Who is Sky Palma, and why does this person have a job writing when they are capable of publishing ridiculous crap that makes no sense whatsoever, and further foments unrest between races. As if the race problem was not bad enough already.. give yourself a nice pat on the back Sky
Ricky Rikijay
June 12, 2015 at 5:57 am
Samer u truly correct,white people can’t never be wrong when they do is always some stupid excuses for their bad actions.
mocha1
June 12, 2015 at 4:08 pm
You are stupid…you should be aborted
Janice Podgurski
June 12, 2015 at 7:12 pm
Are the 19 kids and counting guys receiving government subsidies, food stamps and other welfare oriented tax funded programs?
If my taxes are paying for their kids, then they are irresponsible, and need to get a real job.
Ron Vergara
June 12, 2015 at 8:03 pm
There are more white people on wellfare than all other races in the USA.However, the average person on food stamps is not lazy, illiterate, or even Black. According to the data, 37.6% of food stamps were being allotted to White non-Hispanics. African Americans were allotted 23.6% of SNAP benefits.http://www.fns.usda.gov/sites/default/files/2012Characteristics.pdf.
In fact, contrary to popular perception, Whites,
Jazmine Soto
June 12, 2015 at 8:12 pm
Yes they do, take your head out of your ass and stop being racist.
Nina
June 12, 2015 at 8:24 pm
I guess you didn’t know that there are white people that are on government assistance such as foodstamps, also. Maybe you should do research next time before making such an uneducated statement.
Eleanore Fontenelle
June 12, 2015 at 10:59 pm
When the show first started they were on food stamps. The show is a large portion of why they no longer need government assistance.
Eleanore Fontenelle
June 12, 2015 at 11:04 pm
When the Duggars first got their show they were on government assistance. The show is a large part of why they no longer are.
Barbara
June 13, 2015 at 2:41 am
I concur.
Mike
June 13, 2015 at 4:04 am
Oh touché
Loveanda
June 13, 2015 at 11:33 am
I Think while the statement is arguable due to its inaccuracy (as some say the author should watch it in detail), I think it also has a point.
Lily
June 13, 2015 at 1:43 pm
Their all sextuplets!!
Dennis
June 13, 2015 at 1:55 pm
Sky didn’t research her facts enough to even separate which shows are on which network. All of the shows are out there for their shock in fact, so why are we surprised that they have shock effect. When polygamy was discontinued in Mormonism most Mormons were happy.
whiteylightninCortney
June 13, 2015 at 2:33 pm
True, but we still watch it on TV over and over again, which is a type of acceptance that does not exist when the same traits are found in minorities. If we really thought it was horrible, even when white people do it, we wouldn’t watch it, and it would not be on the air for long at all.
gigivarnum
June 13, 2015 at 10:14 pm
If it being put on television to make money and garner ratings, that IS glorification.
Louis Maddox
June 13, 2015 at 10:17 pm
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints(LDS)does not condone Polygamy in fact if a person is found in such a union they will be excommunicated. There is a closely named organization headed by Fred Phelps that refer to themselves as Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints that does practice it, but they are a different organization and not affiliated with the Mormon faith based out of Salt Lake City
Dean Osborne
June 13, 2015 at 10:18 pm
Many reasons for not having 19 kids. Being able to support them financially is a terrible reason . We don’t need 19 more + their offspring, depleting the world’s resources and adding their pollution.
Melissa
June 13, 2015 at 10:19 pm
The Duggers do have a lot of children. However, they work. They are not on any type of government assistance and they don’t live in government housing. They make their own way and pay for their own kids. So who cares how many kids they have.
Charles Stover
June 13, 2015 at 10:31 pm
Muslims, at least the extreme variety, are indeed misogynistic. Their women are experiencing Stokholm syndrome, and are therefore unable to recognize their own predicament until they are about to die. Even then, they sometimes think that it is their own fault that they are about to die.
srriexinger
June 13, 2015 at 10:37 pm
This. In point Brian.
Deb Vozniak
June 13, 2015 at 10:40 pm
Willie J, unfortunately many people believe those “freaks” are to be emulated. I honestly believe the TLC intended them to be freak shows, but the RWNJs and their ilk took them seriously and think they are examples to live by. Tragic and stupid, but unfortunately, true.
Cindy
June 13, 2015 at 10:42 pm
I despise them for deliberately adding to the overpopulation problem and for having more children than they can care properly.
Deb Vozniak
June 13, 2015 at 10:47 pm
Joe, there is no possible way that two people take adequately take proper care of 19 children. There simply is not enough time in a day. Therefore, many people consider anyone who has too many children to provide for emotionally as well as financially to be irresponsible. If you actually believe that money means children are not neglected, you have serious problems. Also, any family that covers up a boy molesting his sisters cannot be considered anything but irresponsible.
Maggie (@nativekatt)
June 13, 2015 at 10:58 pm
Very well said – the only part I don’t agree with is the Sister Wives (they are not of the “Warren Jeff’s” lot) – all parties have chosen that lifestyle, had a big brood of kids (which they can afford) – they inform their kids not brainwash them (they live in Vegas, of all places, & go to school there – none of which is by choice) – whatever goes on in their home is their business as long as it is consensual, just like yours, mine & everyone else’s. They have been very forthright & honest about their lives/struggles unlike the Duggars (as far as I know) The Browns are rather fascinating to me sorry LOL
Other than that, you said everything that I was thinking 😉
Mike
June 13, 2015 at 11:00 pm
Yeah, you should pay something after your forefathers separated families, sold them, raped them and did all other kind of atrocities that are anti-family. What would the white family look like suffering through centuries of family abuse??
Ty
June 13, 2015 at 11:18 pm
That’s horrible to say Julianna Martin.
Enriqua Berry
June 13, 2015 at 11:46 pm
White privilege does exist, but he’s using the wrong evidence to support it. All those shows are suppose to be for entertainment, so of course they’re going to air the most eye-catching life stories, that’s the whole point of TLC. And the majority of people don’t even support these kinds of lifestyles anyways. As for “19 Kids and Counting”, I only view it as irresponsible, because not every child is able to receive the proper attention, that the parents are suppose to give. It’s basically the older kids raising and teaching the younger ones, which is okay I guess, but it takes away time for them to act their age. Responsibility goes beyond just being able to afford to raise the children, it’s also taking care of them and actually giving them the needed attention, and no doubt there’s going to be favoritism, because that’s pretty much a given.
dudeplease
June 14, 2015 at 12:01 am
Obviously you know nothing of the welfare schemes that polygamist run with their many and varied wives google it please , before you spout your disinformation.
cmg
June 14, 2015 at 12:07 am
When my Man and I were working 100 miles from home a sister wife might have been a great idea. But I will agree your life must be pretty boring to watch some of the garbage on TV these days or your not intelligent enough to care what’s going on in your own government / world. Don’t watch soaps either. Turn the blinking box off and read a book
Sania
June 14, 2015 at 12:24 am
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/28/food-stamp-demographics_n_6771938.html You idiot.
Robyn
June 14, 2015 at 12:42 am
Nope. It’s actually pretty even. 38.8% white. 39.8% black. It’s a current statistic.
Jan Mutcher
June 14, 2015 at 1:12 am
TLC is the epitome of white trash. They find the most unfortunate, ignorant, clueless human beings and put them on TV for people to laugh at. Anyone who is entertained by watching any of their garbage should be ashamed of themselves. If they truly cared, they would do shows about helping such people.
Naomi McIntyre Dandy
June 14, 2015 at 1:22 am
Trisha, the McGhees were six babies born within minutes of each others. There are 19 of the Duggars from the mid-20s to knows how young.
Carl
June 14, 2015 at 1:23 am
Read these comments if you want insight into white privilege.
amy
June 14, 2015 at 1:51 am
19 kids and counting is a ridiculous show. People of any color who have kids only to get more money, whether by being on tv or from welfare ARE irresponsible. But to say only conservatives watch it is as ridiculous. Talk about finding out your facts.
Oh. And I can say anything I want about this because am now a black woman.
Lightning Baltimore
June 14, 2015 at 1:53 am
They can “afford” it because they pimp their family for the cameras. I also seem to remember Michelle saying years ago that they are happy to accept donations. In other words, without charity and TV money, they would *not* be able to afford to have all those kids.
chris smith
June 14, 2015 at 2:18 am
Youre some kinda stupid aint ya bahahaha
Jingat
June 14, 2015 at 2:23 am
I was “Forced” into an arranged marriage by my parents. I hail from India. My wife was deaf and mute. I was not sure if this would work, but I had to marry after just looking at her once. 15 years later, I realize, I love my wife, have two children and have survived the duration 2 Amercian marriages. Wohooo!!! Take my real life story and shove it up yours. 🙂
Monica I. Maciog
June 14, 2015 at 2:53 am
Up until the 1990’s, Iran was actually more liberal than the United States….
…..and so was Lebanon.
Kelli Foltz-Daniels
June 14, 2015 at 2:57 am
Wow. Really? Check those facts. Your so wrong it would be funny if it wasn’t so disgustingly racist and bigoted.
More, no WAY more Caucasians receive public assistance than minorities. ..yup. sure do.
Get more uninvested SSDI benefits too. So yeah. No. Wrong.
Jimmy
June 14, 2015 at 3:01 am
Your A racist
Tdogg
June 14, 2015 at 3:29 am
Really. That’s why most welfare recipients are white.
C
June 14, 2015 at 4:24 am
The bad news is, domestic violence, misogyny, and all other manifestations of hate are part of the human condition. It happens to Muslims and Non-Muslims, in the U.K. and the USA and everywhere else in the world.
The good news is we are responsible for our actions and make our own choices.
I, as a Muslim woman, can speak about Islam.The Qur’an speaks to uplift women and men as partners.
How people choose to use it is on them.
I follow ISLAM, not MUSLIMS. Humans are fallible, God is not.
My religion teaches equality for men and women alike.
There are many advantages to being a woman in ISLAM.
As a daughter, you open the gates of heaven to your parents. As a wife, you fulfill half of your husband’s deen (religion). As a mother, paradise lies at your feet. There are infinite blessings women may receive that men cannot. Amongst them include when a woman is pregnant and until she is through suckling her child it is as if she has completed a thousand fasts and all of her minor sins are wiped clean so she may start anew.
I, as an American, cannot speak for another culture or country. Sure, women aren’t always treated with the dignity and respect they deserve, but this is not just a “brown” or “non-Christian” problem.
mike
June 14, 2015 at 4:25 am
I feel like when i read this stuff its hialrious now first off a good percentage of people on food stamps r no matter. What race is for low income people and for.A matter of fact these shows arentt glorifying religion its a stand up comedy to watch like desperate housewives or some ohther stereotypical show sooo if anything i look at this and say uh oh here comes a riot bc of racism
C
June 14, 2015 at 4:32 am
Let’s stop using labels and get to know people for real.
http://www.rashedlightsways.com/in-the-house/topic/thats-human-let-go-labels-ineffective-shortcuts/
Alena
June 14, 2015 at 4:35 am
Your statement about arranged marriage is so not true! I am a muslim and within my community marriages may be arranged but are NEVER forced on the bride. People need to learn the difference between forced and arranged marriages.
Dean
June 14, 2015 at 4:55 am
Muslims are not mysoginistic, religious extremists are. Thus, groups controlled by religious extremists are misogynistic. Like the completely Christian terrorist group of Anti-balakas in the Central African Republic. Or the Westboro Baptist Church, to choose a white example.
Clay Cooper
June 14, 2015 at 5:09 am
“Sister wives” is well outside of the LDS mainstream and the communities that practice polygamy are for all practical purposes fundamentalist cults.
RJ
June 14, 2015 at 8:26 am
One other socially irresponsible pet peeve, all the commentary about “Mormkn polygamy”. You do realize that Mormons outlawed polygamy in the 1800’s right?
Vicki
June 14, 2015 at 12:26 pm
The Duggars are very much living on government handouts – All of their healthcare is covered for life by the state of Arkansas because of Jim Bob’s 2 year stint in the State House, and they declared themselves a church so they don’t pay property taxes. The idea that they self sufficient bootstrapped is laughable. They’re grifters through and through.
ryan
June 14, 2015 at 1:58 pm
There are 223 million white people to 13 million AA. 28% of AA vs 7% white are receiving benefits. I’m not arguing against you its just that the statistics don’t tell the whole story.
Jeanne Mayes
June 14, 2015 at 2:26 pm
It is irresponsible to have 19 kids even if you can afford them. There is no way you can give each of them the attention they need. You end up having the older children raising the younger children. Giving them way too much responsibility. Plus if everyone had that many children we would be putting a huge strain on the earth’s resources, create more pollution, carbon emissions, etc.
CL
June 14, 2015 at 2:37 pm
Well if you want to throw out stats, according to the US census whites make up 77 percent of the population and use 37. 6 percent of welfare, while blacks make up only 13 percent of the population and use 23.6 of the welfare benefits. Therefore technically per capita, blacks use more welfare. I don’t think it matters either way, we should throw out all the race wars and just consider everyone Americans. But when you want to try and make on race look bad with stats, it’s easy to spin it any way you want.
Jane
June 14, 2015 at 3:13 pm
They can afford it because someone gave them a TV show. Don’t delude yourself into thinking the Duggars are an average example of quiverfull families.
Jane
June 14, 2015 at 3:15 pm
The irony is killing me.
Frosty
June 14, 2015 at 3:33 pm
It ignores it because that’s beside the point of the post.
Kevin
June 14, 2015 at 4:41 pm
This post is just complete stupidity. Trying to create a problem out of nothing. I can’t believe people actually fall for this nonsense.
Fritz
June 14, 2015 at 4:42 pm
Does anybody know 100% that the family or the many children do not get or never got some form of government assitance? I see a lot of assumtions being made here.
Perhaps now nobody is due to making money off of their circus.
Barbara L. B. Storey
June 14, 2015 at 5:01 pm
There are more of those “freaks” out there than we’d like to think, sadly.
Raymond Baughman
June 14, 2015 at 5:23 pm
Actually, back in the bible days, polygamy, bigamy, arranged marriages, and marriages that involved the brother of the husband being obligated to marry his dead brother’s wife, were considered to be “proper” marriages.
Raymond Baughman
June 14, 2015 at 5:25 pm
Actually polygamy, bigamy, concubines, and marriages that involved brother marrying his dead brother’s wife, were legit back in the bible days.
Kim
June 14, 2015 at 7:36 pm
Er, care to qualify your opinion there, mocha1? I’m curious.
Ashley
June 14, 2015 at 11:08 pm
Ok I have a question people are talking about tlc like it’s rasist but at the same time isn’t BET doing the same thing (blaCk entertainment television) you don’t see a station like that for white people or any other race that shows stuff just for that race now let’s think about this again I can name more than a hand full of shows on tlc that has every race in it.
Kelli
June 15, 2015 at 12:15 am
Hi. I’m Mormon so I wanted to address your remark about them.
Polygamy is a concept that was taught in the LDS church but hasn’t been taught or sanctioned for over 100 years.
Those that identify as “Mormon” and practice polygamy *are not mainstream Mormon. If the church knows about the polygamy being practiced, they’re not even allowed on the church roster. They’re excommunicated if the polygamous marriages aren’t dissolved.
They’re “extreme fundamentalists” at best and cultists at worst.
Lisa
June 15, 2015 at 1:29 am
Your comment is horrible and it says a lot about you as a person. But I would never tell any person, no matter how much I may disagree with them, that they should be aborted. Not even you, mocha1. And to tell another person that they are stupid speaks to your own life, not to theirs.
Lisa
June 15, 2015 at 1:39 am
I also don’t agree with polygamy, but I am certainly not going to force that opinion upon others. As long as they’re not taking child brides and all involved are doing so of their own free will, who am I; are we to judge? I do agree also that too many children can sometimes equal less attention than our (as a humanity) kids need. But, again, that is only my opinion. As an individual I will give any child who crosses my path all of the attention I can afford. And give a smile to their parents/caregivers while I’m at it.
Suzanne Stauffer Lambert
June 15, 2015 at 3:01 am
Some people may — we certainly do — but you can’t argue that these programs are not popular.
Where is the show with a large family that is black or Hispanic? Where is the show about the Muslim polygamist family? Where is the program about arranged marriages in other cultures?
Suzanne Stauffer Lambert
June 15, 2015 at 3:05 am
Can they afford them? Let’s see how quickly they take that EIC and every other benefit now that TLC and its advertisers are no longer supporting them.
The point is that white polygamists are not called misogynists.
Guess what? Most people in arranged marriages are not forced — it’s the only type of marriage of which they are aware. They take it for granted that their marriage will be arranged.
So your characterization of “having it forced on you” is further evidence for his point.
And they find the idea of young people picking their own partners foolish.
Suzanne Stauffer Lambert
June 15, 2015 at 3:06 am
6 and 19 are not even in the same category.
Suzanne Stauffer Lambert
June 15, 2015 at 3:09 am
So the Duggars aren’t take a tax deduction for all of those children?
I’ll bet they are. And I’ll be they’ll take that EIC and every other benefit now that TLC and its sponsors are no longer supporting them.
Your ignorance is showing. Arranged marriages in other cultures are not prearranged since childhood, and both the bride and groom consent. They find the idea of selecting your own mate rather foolish.
How many Muslim polygamists do you know? Or are you possibly judging based on nothing but stereotypes?
Keira
June 15, 2015 at 6:47 am
So dumb how much you think some one get on welfare 292 bucks is the max no matter how many kids! Ppl who get food stamps like me work fulltime and still qualify! We live below the poverty line making 10 bucks an hour WITH a college degree! Plus whites get more help stop it:-) 🙂 🙂 :-)!!
bridget
June 15, 2015 at 9:47 am
regardless of someone approving of it or not.. these people are being paid for it while others are bashed for it. if you cut out race he still makes a good point.. the trash that TLC shows should not be aired no more the MTV’S 16 & pregnant …. TV is just pure trash now
bridget
June 15, 2015 at 9:52 am
i’m not6 defending the show because it’s a black family but 6 is not ALOT and it’s nothing ccompared to 19. if 19 and counting was a black family than people would say ” oh that’s all that race knows how to do, have kids” and other stupid comments…
bridget
June 15, 2015 at 9:59 am
THAT IS A LIE if you come to tennessee, missisippi, or any other state there are whites that are on all types of assistance. food stamps, wic, free school lunches,and health insurance thats paid for by the people as well soooo please don’t go there.
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Jocelyn
June 15, 2015 at 4:40 pm
TLC pays them….maybe TLC should offer a reality show to someone who “needs” the money.
Mark M.
June 15, 2015 at 6:37 pm
When blacks have BET it’s called entertainment. If there are no blacks in a movie, the producers are racist. When blacks call each other n****r, it’s a term of endearment. If whites say it, it’s racist. If whites embrace or promote their race in any way, they’re racist, for blacks, it’s advancement towards equality. Black and proud is Black and proud. White and proud is racist, etc., etc. double standard, etc. and so on.
Bc Lamb
June 15, 2015 at 9:33 pm
Could divorce & remarriage, then be called “wife swapping?”
Badger
June 15, 2015 at 11:23 pm
So NOT true!!!!!! You are a racist.
judy
June 16, 2015 at 1:28 am
First off the article did not just address “black people”. It addressed a nation of people who are non-white. Secondly, it wasnt written by a “black person”. So what’s your hang up? Are you racist against “n****s”? Look to yourself before you judge others perspectives!
Benjamin Josef Clark
June 16, 2015 at 2:38 am
white people embrace their cultural identities all the time without being accused of racism. there there festivals and holidays to celebrate being irish, german, polish, norwegian, etc, etc. black people tend not to know their specific backgrounds because they were brought to america on slave ships, and when slavery ended they faced they continued to face mountains of statutory and cultural racism. black pride came out as a response being told being black was inferior, but white pride was a reaction to assert white supremacy. there is no double standard.
JonathanT.
June 16, 2015 at 10:50 am
Name em
JonathanT.
June 16, 2015 at 10:57 am
You just missed the point and proved the point of this mans article…yea we see the double standard. No black man or woman uses the term nigger as an endearing term. Cultural ignorance and intolerance is what he is pointing out. Point being….if you can do out why cant I. Why is wrong only wrong when minorities do it. When WASP’s do it it’s considered diverseness or simply eccentric…but you wont ever get the point cause you’re too busy focusing on what you want to see. Not the facts.
Mark M.
June 16, 2015 at 4:48 pm
@Judy. Yes I’m racist. And honest enough to admit it. My “hang up” is with people like yourself who don’t believe a double standard exists and won’t admit to being racist yourself. Merely writing an article that points out a specific race’s actions (white privilege), in a manner to belittle them and show those actions as some kind of crime (for lack of a better word) is in itself racist. Is there white privilege? Sure there is. Is there black privilege? Absolutely. Oh, sorry, non-white privilege. Again, an article on white privilege is written to point out what is perceived as a problem. And an article written on non-white privilege would be challenged as something that doesn’t exist. I’m sure you won’t agree and your previous reply shows you don’t, but denying that one race’s problems are somewhat their own but instead caused by another race’s treatment of them is a racist attitude. Whites did/do not cause non-whites problems. Each and every race, just as each and every person makes a conscious decision on how to behave and live. Certain aspects of one race may and will exasberate another’s problems, but didn’t cause them and surely don’t prevent that race from fixing those problems. Certain race’s will spend all their time blaming other race’s for causing their problems, trying to show proof of this, and demanding that they be given whatever it takes to fix their problems rather than spending their time doing something about it themselves. I’ve never demanded to be given anything in my life or said I was owed anything other than the opportunity to get off my lazy ass and take care of myself and my own problems. Have I ever asked for help? Absolutely. Demanded it and felt entitled to it. Absolutely not. Certain races should stop blaming one group for their problems and take some responsibility for their own actions. Then other race’s might stop having a negative perspective of that race and start respecting them.That might be the first step in ending racism. It’s tough to respect someone who doesn’t respect themselves. I could go on all day, but why bother with someone with a closed mind to the subject. Yes, I just labeled and judged you from your one reply. I’m either racist or perceptive. Probably both. Can you look in the mirror and see your true self? Better yet, admit it.
Erik Browne
June 18, 2015 at 3:30 am
Agreed!
Tatiana
July 1, 2015 at 1:13 am
Umm if white people (or any other race) want their own station (which they basically have already) then create it! We had to create our own because no one else was! And what is played on that station can be watched by anyone of any race. There’s no special code that all black people have to get access to that channel lol. YOU just don’t want to watch it just like I don’t want to watch 19 kids and more (or whatever it’s called). That doesn’t mean I can’t watch it, it means I choose not to. Watch BET if you want or start your own WET/HET/AET.
starlin walker
July 19, 2015 at 8:03 pm
And your thinking is why we feel that way..you are a racist who hides behind words..you should be ashamed this country was built on our backs..you owe us respect ..you white privilege mentality makes me want to puke
Jessica Otero
October 16, 2015 at 2:43 pm
I call it watching too much tv, maybe you should change the channel or do something productive with your life instead of bitching about “white privilege”. In the United States the majority of homeless people living on the streets are white males. Where’s their privilege? They don’t have any, because white privilege is bullshit.
Larry
November 26, 2015 at 8:42 am
I am white, and didn’t watch the 19 kids show. I think it was a showcase for irresponsible people who considered it a right to have more children than they could provide for.
In America, when I see ANY family with 19 kids, I think the same thing. Why should the rest of us be forced to collectively shoulder the burdens of irresponsible people?
Irresponsibility is an unfortunate human characteristic, and knows no racial/ethnic bounds.
Regarding the practices of other cultures, peoples, and places, I have no opinion. I don’t form opinions when I have no knowledge.
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