Racism is not people being mean to you.
-“I got bullied in school for being white. You can’t tell me that’s not racist!†No, this is called you being picked on by a mean child.
- "Oh but he called me a cracker!" ...oh the name people came up because of the sound a whip makes? Please PLEASE tell me how that is the same thing as being called the N word. I DARE YOU.
- "But people can be racist against white people too!"
No, they cannot. There is an inherent logical fallacy in your argument that will never make it true. However, white people can be
discrimated against. Discrimination is different from racism.
Let’s start from the beginning. Your first step is to accept that being mean to someone because of their race is not what racism is
Racism is when intolerance in government laws, attitudes, the justice system and ideals of a society are ingrained in a culture to the point where patterns of discrimination towards a certain race are institutionalized as normal. If you keep this in mind, you’ll understand that reverse racism doesn’t- and can’t- exist.
and why is it white people are so scared to be a minority? "There are more _____ people than white people at ______!! BLASPHEMY!!"
Is it because minorities are treated badly or something?
lol who would've thought.
Take a minute and wonder why people of color and minorities have scholarships and workplace incentives in the first place.
If all was fair and every one was just american and people were making a big deal over nothing, wouldn't things just balance out naturally?
Why are most universities STILL majority white? and yet people still kick a bit over affirmative action. Even with it, look around a typical university, even boasting their high diversity rates, take a moment and look at what race is still the norm. Think about, no matter how small of a fraction minorities represent at most universities, how they are seen.
I have attended two universities in my life. I am literally pictured on the diversity pamphlet in their welcome packet for BOTH.
Oh but please, continue to cry over the white guy that got passed over for the job because a minority got hired.
Like that is SUCH a common scenario. I hear this argument all the time and frankly, I look around offices and companies, and think about how common it could possibly be. Does it happen? sure, lots of things happen.. but is it a more common occurence than the systematic racist views of businesses who will NOT hire a person of color due to racist stereotypes? Doubt it.
I have never seen ANYONE give a second glance to an employer hiring somebody that was white. Nobody questions that choice. but hire someone of color when somebody white also applied? ..there must be something going on there. tax cuts? forced diversity?
There are a lot of things I personally dislike about Affirmative Action but the thing that gets me the most is the notion that every moderately well off African-American individual is only moderately well off because of it. From President Obama, to Herman Cain, to Alan West there's this idiotic idea that these guys were handed everything and got to where they are because the system favors them. That they don't deserve what they have, they took high profile positions because of their skin and nothing more.
After numerous studies shown that employers will not hire "black sounding" names with the same resume as more common "white" names, after 'Mud People loans', Redlining, disproportional conviction rates, sentencing rates, and poverty rates why do they feel the most victimized? It's pretty simple, what you're feeling isn't discrimination or "reverse racism". What you happen to be feeling is known as
a loss of entitlement.
Oh but "whinneee look at all the black people who voted for Obama because he was black". I'm sure there weren't people who voted for Romney because he wasn't.
Please continue to tell me how hard it is to be a white man running for president of the united states.
I mean, look at the history books! Look at all the minorities that were once presidents!
It's so easy!!
Oh but I forgot, black people vote for Obama because he's black. White people voted for him because of his economic policies and stance on equality.
America is a melting pot. Melting pot =/= everyone just abiding by the culture that is most popular here. Everybody should be totally allowed to celebrate their heritage because THAT is what a true melting pot is.
The argument of "I'm not racist. I just think we should have a melting pot where they should act like everyone else, then we wouldn't have a problem" is not a good one.
I would love true equality.. I would love for race to not matter. but it does.
The first step is recognizing that fact.