The Glosario (2006- ) is the glossary of Nezua’s blog, the Unapologetic Mexican. It gives the meanings of a list of terms that he either made up, uses in a special way or feels he must otherwise comment on. It is in effect his Racism 101, laying out the main ideas that underlie White American racism.
Here are a few of the terms with their meanings (given in my own words to keep down the size of this post):
white – in a narrow sense it means those who look European: those with white skin (well, light with a pink undertone) and a nose and eyes of the right shape too. In a broader sense, though, it means the racist mindset that most white-looking people in America share and which some people of colour believe too.
the white lens – also called witemind, is the twisted, self-serving way whites have of looking at the world.
brown – any person of colour, anyone who is not white. But note that you can look brown but think white, like Condoleezza Rice. Or Nezua himself in younger days:
the journey – Nezua’s own journey from witemind to his right mind.
wite-magik attax – the 18 underhanded ways white people have of winning an argument about race. They are mostly derailing tactics meant to throw others off balance. Here are ten:
- the Oversensitive – brown people feel instead of think. You cannot trust what brown people say.
- the Appeal to Melanin – if a brown says it it must be true – but only if it supports my argument.
- the Existential Blackmail – “If you ain’t White, then you just ain’t right.” Whites must control what is seen as true at all costs.
- the Wite Disdain – I am white so there is no reason to take racism seriously.
- the Drowning Maestro – I would listen to you if you did not sound so angry (blaming you for their disdain).
- the Seeing-Eye Frog – I have never experienced racism so racism is over.
- the Post Racial – the president is black so racism is over.
- the Fallacious Flip – you are racist too! “Reverse racism” is just as bad as white racism.
- the Feint Disclaimer – “I am not racist, but…”
- the Insatiable Martyr – brown people love playing the martyr.
wite psychosis – the state of mind you must be in for wite-magik attax to make sense.
witelist – white people determine which facts are made public and which are not.
the Haunted Land – America, because it was built on so much death. The ghosts of the past keep coming up despite the best efforts of white education and television.
not all of you – a disclaimer that not all whites are racist.
Hispanic – means from Spain, the place where white people came from and took the land in Mexico where Nezua’s ancestors had lived for thousands of years.
internal colonization – being so brainwashed by white people that you want to be like them.
the Lovestruck Locust – how whites love brown culture (cool!) but dislike brown people (ew).
universal – a white way of saying “white”.
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Nice glossary
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I love your blog Abagond, the best out there, if you’re endorsing this guy Nezua, then I’ll have to check him out.
I can wholeheartedly concur though with the little you’ve written about him, pure genius.
It’s good to read what I’ve felt for years about the ‘White’ world clearly articulated in a way that I (darn it) just haven’t been able to:)
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Welcome, MerriMay! That is something I like about Nezua too: putting words to things you have felt for so long.
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Lovestruck Locust- I love that term and it’s meaning
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Uncle Tom=Civilized Human Being.
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i love your blog, thank you for your thoughts, I’ve always read nezua and i like the commentary and links you provide
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When the President or the Secretary of State talk to other countries about universal values, do they mean western ones?
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