XShipRider
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SouthernDemocrat said:You right wingers are something else. You have all the money and power and you still complain. I am a white male, as such:
- I statistically get paid more than women or minorities in the same profession as I am.
- I statistically enjoy a higher standard of living than minorities and single women.
- I statistically enjoy better healthcare than minorities and I have a longer projected lifespan because of it.
- To top it off, a very disproportionate number of those who represent me are white males just like me. In fact the good old Republican Party who claims to have such a big tent, has not even put the money and resources behind one African American to get them elected to either House of Congress. Basically almost all Republicans look just like me and since they are the party in power, things could not look better for me and all my white male peers.
I grew up poor, and through hard work have done ok so far in life. My wife and I having good careers with good benefits and as such live good middle class lives. I like to attribute my success in life so far (I am not rich, I just have a job that I like doing that pays me decently) to hard work and constantly educating myself in technologies related to my career (I am a Systems Administrator), but still I have to admit a small part of my success probably has to do with me being a white male and all those advantages that go along with that. In fact, in the vast majority of companies I have worked for, the vast majority of the best jobs seemed to go to white males like myself, or the occasional white woman. My point in all this being is that if you’re a white male, you already have a leg up on any one else ion the road of life here in America and if your not succeeding it probably is much more your own fault than the fault of Affirmative Action which only purpose is to try to level that playing field even a little.
So why:
- are you accepting of raises over your peers? You should not accept
any pay raises over and above the statistical norm (as set forth
by any average of your minority peers).
- don't you move to a lower income neighborhood, sell one of your
televisions, go down to one car, buy your kids' clothes at the thrift shop?
In other words, lower your standard of living.
- don't you stop going to the doctor? You'd kick off sooner, statistically
speaking.
- don't you vote those pesky white males out of office? Move to an
inner city neighborhood where, statistically speaking, you have a better
chance of having a minority representative.
Am I being ridiculous? Yes. I hereby apologize for any offense taken.
I'm only trying to make a point.
You're making an argument against the very success you enjoyed, basing
it on the your whiteness. Have you ever stopped to think maybe the
"hard work" you mentioned in your note is the true cause of your
success? Is it possible that others could mimic that success through
the very same principle? You're giving hard work a bad name through
your argument that all the obstacles you overcame were due to
race and/or class. Since you were poor, per your self evaluation, that
takes class out of the equation, leaving race as your only other factor.
I suspect your tenacity (read: hard work) has brought you that success.
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