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 1)

M-Post

on Jul 26, 2004

Great article. I've been thinking along those same lines for a few years now and it's always erked me. Especially things like not being able to have a "whites only" scholarship to match the blacks only scholarship.

We can never achieve equality if we don't truly believe and do things in equality.

Adventure-Dude

on Jul 26, 2004

I too am a white, middle class, single male. I totally understand your pain. I now have to pay off years of student loans because of my race. I went to a school with many native americans whom the college seemed to cater to but to me I had to scrape by to get through college. But if I complained about it I was labled as a whiny white boy. If I even thought of making a remark to my race I would be labled as racist. If they (minorities) grew up where I did where hate crimes occured then maybe they can say something because they don't know what racism is about. I agree with you lifehappens. Being a single "straight" white male puts me at the bottom of the totem pole. We are left to fend for ourselves! Everyone should have equal opportunity !

Quick story. In a governmental job that is local there is a network administrator who is half Native and half black. He has repeatedly wreaked havoc on the network losing information deleting the post office but has he been repremanded or fired NO! Why because they are afraid he will play the freaking race card! If it were me I would have been repremanded or fired imediately! So before anyone goes and says that I am racist I know what reverse racism is and it sucks!

CS Guy

on Jul 26, 2004

just read one of cs-guy's articles on racism.

I wonder if you also read this article of mine.

I know what reverse racism is and it sucks!

I don't like the term "reverse racism". It's not reverse anything! It's just plain racism. Just because the person being discriminated against is white does not mean that it is not a case of racism.

apdelong31

on Jul 26, 2004

I think we all await the end of racism, sexism, etc, but it will never happen. All the same stuff gets on my nerves, but it's not going to change so I'm not going to waste precious carpal muscles on bitching about it. Work harder than the next guy, and you can earn all kinds of stuff.

wuxiaomao

on Jul 26, 2004

are u frustrated because you are white? or do you have a real case? Dont fucking generalise just because you are not happy with the 50 non white people in your community...I have never asked anything from you and I never complain to you...and yes..my grammar is correct

BlueDev

on Jul 26, 2004

A real case hmmmm? And what kind of real case would make you happy if not the real situations cited in the initial post? Let me offer up a few of my own.

What about the fact that a student I go to school with, whose family is one of the most affluent of all in our class, is getting a full ride through medical school because of the color of her skin? Nope, not merit based, and obviously not need based. But based on the fact that her skin is the "right" color (hint, it isn't white).

What about the fact that numerous student's who receive far more monetary support for their medical education than I do (read that as I receive none) are still getting tens of thousands of dollars a year because of the racial status? Do they "need" it more than some of us? Not by a long shot. Do their pre-graduate school accomplishments set them above the rest of us? Nope. But their skin color does.

Or are those cases not real enough for you?

wuxiaomao

on Jul 26, 2004

Dont fucking generalise just because you are not happy with the 50 non white people in your community...

BlueDev

on Jul 26, 2004

I have no problem with them. They are all great friends.

It is the system that is not working. Or are you not capable of addressing the issues raised by the author?

BlueDev

on Jul 26, 2004

Oh, and the simple fact that you keep using the number 50 (implying that I am part of the majority) simply demonstrates just how vacuous your comments are.

As a white male I am most definitely not in the majority in my school, nor in my community.

wuxiaomao

on Jul 27, 2004

good for you.."here's your prize" we'll make sure to mention that at our next "white bashing" meeting...I don't care whether you are a minority or a majority..my point is its not about you people or those people.. If you have a problem with someone, give them a name don't include the rest of us in the same bracket. You are not racist and I am not racist, you are white and I am black.. I have no issues with you and you don't know me so don't try to cover me with the smae cloth you use on your neighbours and school mates

Succ_Shellie

on Jul 27, 2004

Oh yes, I see numerous examples of this all the time. being a disabled white female. Now I have nothing at all against any other race. And have struggled to teach my children NOT to be racist, but its hard when its the *Other people* that scream, cry and shove it in their faces every day. My 16 year old son sees it at school from the staff NOT the students. His best friend was the victim of a racist teacher. She was black and he white. After talking to 10 other parents of other students who children were doing terribly in this womans class, somone pointed out that all the kids who had problems in her class were white. She was black.

And it wasnt even a white parent that pointed this out to the group. I know in my neighborhood its not the white or hispanics that keep the racism going. Its who? The black familys.

Now I get along with all my neighbors for the most part. The one family I dont is white. Just like me. But I can't stand spending much time around most of them cause every little thing that goes wrong according to the black familys in the neighborhood is because of the *whites* ..
Its easier to get jobs for minorities cause employers are affraid to *NOT* meet the quotas of minorities. So called minority groups get presidence on social economic help programs like HUD, Food stamps, welfare, food pantries etc. But we as a society have noone to blame but ourselves for allowing all these programs and grants etc in the first place. And not standing up for more equal rights in the first place. But you know on the same note try being a single white male and need help or money for something. Your even more out of luck then a white female. Now in this day and age of single MALE parents. Thats just sad.

on Jul 27, 2004

Reverse racism? That's weird. Racism between any 2 different (or even same!) is still called racism.

All races does have some problem with racism. In fact, it's not a recent thing either.

(See my blog)

Too many people see racism as event that "white person hates a black person" happens. As if there's just two races on entire planet. That's not the case at all.

Racism is not only thing we have to watch for too. There's such thing as sexist and ableism. I'm sure I missed some more variations of hate.

Oh yeah, ableism is kinda like racist, but to people with disabilities such as deaf, blind or otherwise disabled.

kingbee

on Jul 27, 2004

white skin shouldnt entitle you to anything black skin doesn't.

a longer life span, for example.

benefit of the doubt.

more favorable interest rates.

presumption of innocence.

JillUser

on Jul 27, 2004

kingbee, what the?!

more favorable interest rates? I have never seen a bank say 5.9% for whites but 8.9% for blacks.

presumption of innocence- can you say OJ?

You are just showing your racist attitudes here. An individuals lifespan has mostly to do with how they care for their body. Sure, a black person can inherit sickle-cell and a white can't. But what other disease is their that only affects minorities?

I judge people on how they present themselves. I will be just as cautious around a scrungy, strange white guy as a scrungy, strange black/hispanic/etc guy. I grew up with friends of all walks. I was sadly dissappointed by a native american friend who I grew up with. She was given a full ride scholarship to MSU (which I couldn't afford even though I was an honor student) and she turned it down, worked for McDonalds until she got pregnant by her boyfriend and now has 3 kids on welfare.

I would never say that all people of any description were any certain way but stereotypes were inspired by reality. Skin color does not define a person. How they conduct themselves as human beings defines them.

Get used to it

on Jul 27, 2004

White Opressed Minority.

Until you breed more, you will lose.

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