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Originally posted by sugar and spice
I think there are a whole hell of a lot of us white people out there, while we're usually not racist, take the priviledge of not having to worry about how our race affects things for granted. People of color don't have that priviledge.
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See above rant on WHITE and PEOPLE OF COLOR. By the way, y'all - I am not white. A little on the light side yes, but then again, nobody down South has seen the sun for about 9 months! If I could get skinny by watching it rain, I'd be a size -30 by now!
Anyway - I don't take anything for granted - I have been put in the position of being discriminated against for being Caucasian - but some people think that that is perfectly okay.
Seriously - this sounds like sarcasm, but its not intended to be - what is the deal with "women's issues" classes? Are there also "men's issues" classes? I guess the "me" in me says "can't we just not look at a person for the skin, genitalia, hair, etc. and have just people" -- does everything have to be put in a category.
I really get offended by "women's history month" because there is not a "men's history month" -- why discriminate against the men in this country/world that have done great things? I would rather be "judged" as great in the whole scheme of things, than being a tag-line added because some woman felt like woman-kind (or womyn-kind...geez
) was being "held back" since they didn't have their very own month of recognition. I don't want that for my kids - I want them to grow up knowing that everyone possesses a special quality that makes them "them" -- not that they need to judge people based on appearance, etc.
I have said it before and I will say it again -- race/sex will always matter to *some people* even though they are the ones bitching the loudest that it shouldn't....think on that one - it really makes sense if you read it right.