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I'm not exactly sure what your question in navene but if I'm reading correctly you are asking if it's possible for whites to be oppressed. I definately agree that many ethnic groups/religious groups have faced persecution within this country. The thing is that although you may recieve comments about being Polish, looking at you I or other members of the community do not know you are Polish until you share that with us. You have the ablity to "blend" into community so to speak. I or other African-Americans and minorities to not have this ability. We go through life on a daily basis being "different" from the majority of the people around us in power. I can only speak for myself but as a black woman I experience rascism on a daily basis, most of the acts are subtle, small and not worth the time it would take for me to confront them so I let them go but at times I do experience overt rascism. The sad thing is most young, white American's have this belief that rascism does not exist. You yourself said that slavery was abolished many years ago and that society is doing it's best to move forward. The very fact that you couldn't understand what the black woman was talking about when she spoke of the money situation shows me that you have not faced the daily harassment and rascism many African American's go through. I promise you if you ask 10 African American's about the money situation that at least 7 will tell you simliar incidents have happened to them. It's all about experiences. I would just like to say that rascism does not begin and end with slavery. Rascism exists today just as much as it does today and I challenge you to listen carefully and look closely as you are out today and see if you hear any comments that migh be just a little disparaging about African-American's or other minorities, or if you go into a store and notice a customer of color being followed. You may be surprised at what you find.
The best way I can describe it is by sharing the story of a white male who decided he wanted to find out if rascism truly existed anymore. This was in the early 90's. He purchased a wig and got treatments to make his skin darker so he could live as a "black man". He originally planned to live as a black man for 3 months and to record his findings. He lasted for about 3 days before stopping the projected because he just couldn't take the consistent acts of hidden and overt rascism he felt on a daily basis.
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