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[QUOTE]Originally posted by sugar and spice
I'm of the mindset that very few people who claim they were "discriminated against for being Caucasian" were actually discriminated against -- they just had a priviledge that was taken away from them when they didn't necessarily deserve it in the first place.
In all honesty, I could probably claim that I have been "discriminated against for being Caucasian" too . . . but since the average white person probably faces said discrimination a handful of times in their lifetime and the average black person faces it constantly, I don't really feel like I have a right to b*tch.
So what I read this as is that it is okay for me to be discriminated against since I was priviledged to begin with, but not for the "average black person" since she/he "faces it constantly"? I am not "claiming" to be the target of discrimination -- I was the target and the people that were responsible had no problems in telling me as such.
Why is it a "priviledge" to be born white?? Why should I have to walk around all day saying to myself "I am white so I must go out of my way to make sure anyone who doesn't look like me is treated the way he/she should as to not upset anyone or make anyone feel left out" -- that's nonsense! And I think its a shame that there are people who DO walk around looking for any and every excuse to call someone racist. One of my girlfriends (who has a PhD - so we are talking serious education) looks for EVERY excuse to call someone racist....recently we went to Wendy's for lunch and the girl behind the counter dropped a penny of her change on the counter -- as the clerk scrambled to get it, my friend shouts at her "I guess that you wanted to see if a black woman would go running for a penny?" -- it was SO embarrassing...and she does this ALL the time! She told the doctor at the hospital where her mom was staying that if her mom was white, she wouldn't be having health problems because the doctor would try harder to help her! Here's the kicker - at our mall we have some parking spots for pregnant women and people with young children -- she PARKED in it one day (my son was not with us) and said that it wasn't really for pregnant women -- its so the mall can make sure that no black people are parking near the front door!!!!!
So these are the type of people that I am talking about when I say that too often, people have to look for excuses!
Having a black brother (he uses that term to describe himself) I am targeted for racism more than others. I am used to people telling us that we aren't "really" brother and sister -- or even members of our black community telling us that we shouldn't have adopted him but rather let him struggle as an orphan so he could grow used to the way white people will treat him as an adult. I'm like WTF??!! Where is my "priviledge" being taken away in this situation??
I knew that this topic would go off on the race card (insert the good reverend here...) because people can't just stop and see that EVERYONE can be discriminated against. Not just blacks, asains, latinos, etc... and that there is no priviledged white princess sitting here waving to my crowd outside. I am just ME and I am proud of who I am -- maybe others should have more pride in themselves and less need to look for the bad in others.
As for the women's/men's studies -- okay - I did take gender roles, but that was as it pertained to sexuality as a psych major. I just haven't heard anyone say "I'm getting a master's in men's studies" and wondered if that even exists.
I disagree on the curriculum thing - even back in my day (80's people!) we studied a lot of different people -- white/black/men/women/etc. Of course my mamma taught us that people should be recognized on their MERITS and not on something like gender. I think that men should sue to have a Men's History Month -- why not? There is no FORMAL recognition there and isn't that what we are arguing about....EVERYONE getting what they deserve?!
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