Sitting in a car behind a bus in rush hour traffic in downtown San Francisco is not on my list of preferred activities. As you sit and wait and read the ad on the back of the bus through one light, then two, there is no easy escape from the blare of the copy. On this day, the back of the bus yelled (approximately): "If you want to reach me (photo of Asian woman with yuppie clothes and accoutrement), you'd better advertise in The Asian Yellow Pages (sic)". Incredible. This was not a fluke. The previous time I sat behind a bus in San Francisco, the ad on the back was in Mandarin. Not American English--Mandarin. I thought what any non-zombie White American would think: What would be the reaction to a White American Yellow Pages? There would be hysteria in the press and the government. Condemnation would singe the graphics of CNN. Federal agents would be dispatched. Before it was over, the publishers of such a taboo listing would be firebombed or would be charged with a Hate Crime.

We White Americans are the bruised abused slaves of political correctness. We are not allowed to live together, go to school together, or even do business together without some government agency or massively funded non-profit organization spotting the group and vowing to bust it up. And Heaven Forbid we should put together agencies and associations like the Professional Ethnics.

You over there, I can see you're not convinced. Well, let's try some real life listings and see what happens if White is substituted...

Source: the Pacific Bell White Pages listings for Oakland, Alameda, Berkeley & San Leandro, California.

IF THIS EXISTS:	THEN WHY CAN'T THIS EXIST?:
Asian Advisory Committee on Crime	White Advisory Committee on Crime
Asian American Donor Program	White American Donor Program
Asian American Home Care	White American Home Care
Asian Communities Mental Health Services	White Communities Mental Health Services
Asian Health Services	White Health Services
Asian Immigrant Women Advocates	White Citizen Women Advocates
Asian Inc. Business Assistance Program	White Business Assistance Program
Asian Neighborhood Design	White Neighborhood Design
Asian Network Nursing	White Network Nursing
Asian Network Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation	White Network Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation
Asian Pacific Islanders for Reproductive Health	White Continentals for Reproductive Health
Asian Pacific Janitorial Service	White Janitorial Service
Asian Pacific Psychological Services	White Psychological Services
Asian Resource Center & Gallery	White Resource Center & Gallery
Asian Senior Center	White Senior Center
Asians for Job Opportunities in the Bay Area	Whites for Job Opportunities in the Bay Area
Association of Asian-Pacific Community Health Organizations	Association of White Community Health Organizations
Association of Black Secretaries	Association of White Secretaries
Black Adoption Placement & Research Center	White Adoption Placement & Research Center
Black Business Exchange	White Business Exchange
Black Business Listings	White Business Listings
Black Chamber of Commerce	White Chamber of Commerce
Black Child Development Institute	White Child Development Institute
Black Data Processing Associates Bay Area Chapter	White Data Processing Associates Bay Area Chapter
Black Expo USA	White Expo USA
Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame Inc.	White Filmmakers Hall of Fame Inc.
Black Men's Xchange	White Men's Xchange
Black Property Owners Association	White Property Owners Association
Black Repertory Group	White Repertory Group
Black Scholar Press The	White Scholar Press The
Black Scholar The	White Scholar The
Black United Front for Educational Reform	White United Front for Educational Reform
Black United Fund of Bay Area	White United Fund of Bay Area
Black Women Organize for Educational Development	White Women Organize for Educational Development
Black Women Organize for Political Action	White Women Organize for Political Action
Black Women's Health Project	White Women's Health Project
Black Women's Resource Center	White Women's Resource Center
Black World Foundation	White World Foundation
Blacks Organized to Serve Society	Whites Organized to Serve Society
Hispanic Chamber of Commerce	White Chamber of Commerce
Hispanic Legal Services	White Legal Services
Hispanic Services	White Services
Hispanics in Philanthropy	Whites in Philanthropy
Immigrant Assistance Line--United Way of the Bay Area	Citizen Assistance Line--United Way of the Bay Area
Immigrant Social Services	Citizen Social Services
Japanese American Services of the East Bay	White American Services of the East Bay
Japanese American Services of the East Bay Nutrition Program	White American Services of the East Bay Nutrition Program
Japanese Cultural Arts Center	White American Cultural Arts Center

The above is just from a small area phonebook. If you want to see the enormity of the network supporting everyone but White Americans, try a search on any of the major search engines under Asian or Black or Hispanic or any of the sub-ethnicities. Then try under White.

Every time I look in the cable TV listing, I am confronted with the Black Entertainment Network. If I started a network called the White Entertainment Network, how long do you think I'd last before ruinous litigation destroyed me? How about a Miss White America contest in the footsteps of the Miss Black America contest? How about White Americans being allowed to do the same as any of the Professional Ethnics?

No, that would be too threatening to every one of the "What Fun--Let's Watch America Die!" contingent. If Whites realized they like being with each other, working with each other, going to school with each other and living in the same community with each other...who knows what might happen?

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Copyright 1997 Elena Haskins. All Rights Reserved.

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