Re: Racism Towards Whites
Why are liberals so much against bringing up the racism and hate crimes that White people endure? Why are liberals so quick to say that White people are privileged when 1/5 White kids in America goes to bed hungry? When White males are overlooked for a job? When colleges take in non Whites, water down the curriculum, to make a status quo? (not to say there aren't intelligent non Whites, there certainly are).
I think that SOME liberals do insist that there is no racism against white. But I take issue with you that colleges water down the curriculum to make a status quo. There are no quotas in colleges, altho there is affirmative action, I think, still. Colleges themselves seem to want a diversity of students. That is a valid thing to want. It does matter when, during a history discussion of slavery, there is no black in the class. Or during a discussion of feminism, that there is no woman in the class. Different perspectives are very important in education and are valid concerns, IN ADDITION to being able to get the grades.
When you say that 1/5 white kids goes to bed hungry....were you against the cuts in food stamps that just occurred? Just curious. NO children should go to bed hungry. We have a food stamp program for that very purpose.
But I would add that if you are white, you may be seeing things through your prism of your race. As discriminated against as you may feel sometimes, you do know that it is much worse for minorities, don't you? There's a boatload of negative stereotypes that an interviewer sees when he sees a black person on the applicant side of the desk as opposed to a white person. It is a negative thing to overcome. Sometimes it can't be overcome.
I am a woman. There are a lot of discriminatory things I've faced in my life that a male will never have to face in his lifetime. He cannot know these things, unless he were female. The same is true for black males.
White males are privileged in that they have to DO something to cause prejudice against them. They don't face it in their everyday lives just because of who they are. There are studies that show that papers written by males get higher grades than females, even though the papers were identical but one had a male name while the other had a female name. There are studies that show that males get interrupted less frequently when they speak than females are. Then of course there's the wage disparity. Female engineers used to have a heck of a time getting hired. It seems the public believed that women simply shouldn't, or couldn't, be engineers. It was also a good ol' boy environment.
White males are oblivious to these things, since they are not experiences in their lives. So the fact that SOME white males lose out on jobs to minorities catches their attention stands out to them, since they haven't had to deal with injustices normally. It has happened, and continues to happen, to minorities on a daily basis. Also to older people.
Go forth and be pleased you born with a certain status in our society, because you were. You weren't born privileged, maybe, in one sense of the word. But you were born
without negative stereotypes and a mark against you. The world is your oyster. You will not be denied admission anywhere (unless you're Jewish or Muslim). You will be listened to and promoted. You alone are responsible for your fate, rather than others' stereotypes of you.
(Disclaimer: I am against discrimination of any sort, even against white people, of which I am one. I think the person most qualified should be hired or given admission to a college, IF that's what the college wants. There is a validity, however, to the college WANTING diversity, IF the student has the grades to otherwise get in.)
Ask yourself this: If you had been born black and poor, would you have your current job and live where you live? I know I wouldn't. I am well aware that I got some of the jobs I got because I was white and attractive. I looked the part of the job. I "fit in," as I was told once.
