Black skin shouldn't get you anything that white doesn't.

Published on July 26, 2004 By lifehappens In Misc

i just read one of cs-guy's articles on racism. Check out the link here. Link
reading about the "racism" in entertainment, it made me think about other cases of "enpowerment" that boil down to racism.

Humor me for a minute because this is a subject that really gets under my skin. For Example:

Why is it okay to have the NAACP but "racist" to have "National White Guy Group"?

Why is "Curves for Women" okay, but a "Men only Gym" not?

Why do "minorities" qualify for grants etc for school...(If you are 1/16th Native American or Hispanic or Black you can go to college for practically nothing) but if you are a lower income white kid you don't have any special scholarships avalible for you?

Why is it okay for blacks (and other minorities) to blame their personal and social problems on "the whites" but you can't blame a black man for ANYTHING, without being considered racist? There was a big debate a few years ago over a "whites only" scholarship being offered at the University of Alabama. The school was fearing the loss of Government funding because the school was not racially diverse enough....98% black. A (black) student who had been denied this particular scholarship sued the school for discrimination....even though he had reportedly been given more scholarships than any other previous student in the history of the school.

When I was in high school, a D student with 1/16th American Indian blood would get a free ride to college. (Many of the kids in my school could claim that much) And I, an white, lower middle class, A student (3.89 GPA) was qualified for what? Almost nothing. Admitedly, I recieved almost $30,000 total.......from 6 different schools and 9 different organizations. I didn't qualify for student loans because my parents wouldn't/couln't cosign on a school loan. (Long story about large sums of money on the tax return that disappeared into the abyss of divorce, bills and lawsuits.....maybe I will go into it one day) so I did the math, I realized that at 17, I had no chance of going to school unless I found a different source of money. I joined the Army and made my own way. And the D student? Dropped out halfway through his second year and works at a gas station.....didn't feel like it was worth the work....Now how is that fair?

So after all these years, I still find that ANY discrimination bothers me. I have seen black people make derogatory comments without any recrimination. When a white person complains about another person who happenes to be black....it's discrimination. I want to scream, "Sorry, but I don't care about the color of your skin....I just don't like YOU." or "YOU are lazy, regardless of your race, YOU are a waste of space on our planet."

So I hope you don't think I go out of my way to be antagonistic. I have several "Minorities" in my neighborhood; black, Korean, Hispanic and I think they are all wonderful neighbors. I get along fine with all but ONE family. I don't dare complain about the loud music, or fighting or even the drive-by shootings....(yeah , we had another one).... and why? Because If I say one word, I am a racist.....That or they might burn down my house. Sigh.

Comments (Page 3)

Gideon MacLeish

on Jul 28, 2004

So called minority groups get presidence on social economic help programs like HUD, Food stamps, welfare, food pantries etc.

Now that's just plain not true. These programs are need based, not race based.

Gideon MacLeish

on Jul 28, 2004

USA Today had an interesting graph the other day. It revealed that nearly 50% of Asian-Americans over 25 had a college degree, compared to 30% of whites, under 18% of blacks, and under 15% of hispanics. I honestly think it has a lot more to do with how the particular cultures value education than anything else.

Example: In the neighborhoods in which I grew up, the dropout rates ranged from 30-50%. Despite this, EVERY one of myself and my six siblings that survived past the age of 19 graduated high school. One of the key reasons was, despite the things my parents didn't do right, one thing they DID do right was instill us with the importance of an education (admittedly, only one of us finished college, and it wasn't me...however, 5 of us have some college education (one died at 19, so we didn't get to see how he would have turned out). Contrast that with our two best friends; none of the four in their family graduated high school.

Gideon MacLeish

on Jul 28, 2004

Not once do I see a white man standing on the corner or along the street waiting to be picked up for a job, mostly day labor work, nor do I see the black man standing out there.

I worked day labor for a time, by the way...and there were people of all races lined up waiting for a job. Those of us who have families to feed will do what we have to do.

kingbee

on Jul 28, 2004

...). We read Romeo and Juliet (which was not required), again about racialist families.

hmmmm youre kidding right?

We learned absolutely nothing, and by the time school was ending people were sick of it. We just figured, hell we're not learning anything, why bother? What I'm getting at is that we were a class of whites with a black teacher who taught us nothing we were supposed to learn.

apparently not.

Gideon MacLeish

on Jul 28, 2004

We had this huge banning of the rebel flag last year. Because people were constantly wearing them and I guess it was offensive somehow...

hmm...I'm supposing you also have trouble construing how the swastika could be offensive.

While racism comes in all colors, arabella, you are young, and I encourage you to listen and learn. The context of your post shows that there are some things you would be well served to discover.

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