University to students: 'All whites are racist'

[wolf]

People perpetuate racism by insisting that it exists ... that the problems of inner city Blacks are problems only because whitey is keeping them down, that Hispanics can't get anywhere because blanco won't let them illegally enter this country and suck social services dry, that Asians are pretty much capable of success wherever they plant roots.

Hmm. Maybe the issue is initiative, family support, and values rather than color.

What a concept.

[bluecuracao]

And here I always thought that people perpetuate racism by...being racist.

[queequeger]

Originally Posted by wolf

People perpetuate racism by insisting that it exists ... that the problems of inner city Blacks are problems only because whitey is keeping them down, that Hispanics can't get anywhere because blanco won't let them illegally enter this country and suck social services dry, that Asians are pretty much capable of success wherever they plant roots.

Hmm. Maybe the issue is initiative, family support, and values rather than color.

What a concept.

Blacks are poor because they blame others for their problems, don't support their families and have no values other than bitching. Don't you get that what you JUST posted was racist?? You seem to think that an entire group of arbitrarily selected people is only in their situation because they suck.

"Didn't it ever occur to whites that maybe they should stop concentrating on color? If you didn't get the job you qualify for because of 'affirmative action,' why didn't you work even harder so the black guy couldn't possibly get it? How about if they really wanted to change affirmative action, maybe they should get off their asses and vote to change the system. What a concept." Don't you see how those kind of idiotic generalizations fall far from the truth?

And Dana's right, wtf is with white pride? If you're proud of being white, that unarguably implies that you think there's something better about being white than some other skin color.

And finally, it is true that someone who gets pushed down by the powerful social forces keeping them in place can work real hard and get out of their situation. But here's a question: why should they have to work harder (Often much harder)to get something that I get for free? My parents paid for part of my college, every once in a while they would loan me money for rent/food, and the fact that I went to a nice High School meant it was easier for me to get to school. I could have had a full time second job, it's possible, but I didn't have to. It would have made it a LOT harder, don't we think?

Education and the ability to build your social status is something everyone should get. If it's in our power to change those social forces, it's pretty selfish and lazy to not.