It’s hard
to be part of the “majority” these days.
It used to
be that for centuries, it was Caucasians that oppressed the minorities in this
country. It was wrong, as most people would admit. But now the tables have
turned. It is white people who are, more subtly, being oppressed. (Unless a
Caucasian is female or homosexual, then it is less pronounced.)
Don’t get
me wrong, certainly today’s oppressions can’t match the level of those in days
of old. But the idea of equality has been missed.
Minorities are
given quite a number of advantages. What those behind the creation of these
advantages (mostly liberals) don’t realize is that, by saying minorities need
advantages, they are saying they are not equal.
True
equality is not making sure the results are the same. That hurts those who have
the ability to get ahead. Rather, we must make sure the opportunity is the
same. In times past, minorities did not have the same opportunities. Now,
things are being unduly altered to rig results in favor of minorities.
Take
affirmative action. College entrance and employment positions are made to give
an advantage to minority candidates. It was worse than it is now. Quotas were
set on the number of minority applicants that had to be accepted or hired,
which has since been ruled unconstitutional in one of the few major cases the
Supreme Court has gotten right. The very idea behind this quota is sickening.
Affirmative
action was instituted to “right past wrongs”. This is flawed logic. The past
cannot be undone. The majority of people, and the vast majority applying for
college and jobs, have no memory of segregation, much less slavery, because (profound
statement in three…) they weren’t alive. So minorities are given advantages for
the suffering of their ancestors that they largely haven’t had to go through.
And Caucasians are punished for the actions of their ancestors that they have
not done and do not support. This is liberal logic in its shining glory.
Even now,
affirmative action is allowed as long as it does not involve quotas and “rights
past wrongs”. Race is not allowed to be the only factor but can be a factor. In
other words, race still puts minorities ahead of whites, but it doesn’t solely
land them a job or entrance into graduate programs. The struggle upward for
whites continues.
Have you
ever heard of “White History Month”? “White Pride”? Any white holiday such as
Kwanzaa? Me either. Though these show special treatment and emphasis to
minorities, they again show the liberal attitude of inequality. As Morgan
Freeman stated, whites don’t have any special events because their history is
considered part of American history, while minorities’ history is separated.
Minorities are just as much a part of history as Caucasians are. I am not
lashing out because I am bitter (though admittedly, it doesn’t make me happy),
I am calling attention to the inequality for everyone in society. The thought
is that giving preferential treatment to minorities helps make them equal, when
in truth it is saying that minorities need help and are different from whites.
Minorities and whites alike deserve better.
As
segregation ended, America finally began to “live out its creed, ‘We hold these
truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal’” (obviously Martin
Luther King, Jr.). But then, afterwards, the tables were flipped. We can perhaps
say that there has never been a time in America’s history where racial equality
existed.
A Caucasian
is immediately judged for a crime committed against a minority- specifically a
black (African-American should be reserved for those who come from Africa-
recently, not 400 years ago). Even if there is little evidence, the indicted is
innocent, or is only half-white (see George Zimmerman), the “leaders” of the
black community such as Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton have to race-bait. When
police, whether in the right or wrong, harm a black man, it has been met with
riots. If the crime had nothing to do with race, it is still called a hate
crime because the criminal happened to be white and the victim black. The data
is ignored that shows black-on-white crimes happen twice as often as
white-on-black crimes.
This is but
a sampling of this problem. Please understand, I have more minority friends
than I can count. I’m not racist, I’m not a white supremacist, and I don’t want
to “Put ya’ll back in chains”, as the ever-eloquent Joe Biden stated. I’m
bringing light to the facts of the situation. If minorities are equal to
whites, which they are, then let’s make them equal. Let’s not have the
double-standard. Blacks flock in record numbers to vote for a half-black
presidential candidate; even buses were set up to go to polling locations as
Barack Obama received 95% of the black vote (in addition to the Democratic
motto, “Vote early vote often”). The president himself is an advocate for
racial tension. Race-baiting turns situations with no racial tension into an
opportunity to blame whites. The supposed “equality” that programs like
affirmative action offer actually exposes the underlying sentiments of
inequality. (Remember, it was the Democratic Party that were the proponents of
slavery and segregation, as they voted against the 13th, 14th,
and 15th amendments in droves and viciously defended Jim Crow Laws
in their “solid south”.)
I’m not
advocating a race war, but a revolution. While liberals attempt to use race to
their advantage, they continually oppress minorities. Welfare use,
unemployment, and abortions are all higher among them. It is liberals who push
these policies. True equality does not need to give anyone an advantage- it
allows everyone to compete based on qualifications regardless of race,
ethnicity, sex and yes, even sexual orientation. Let’s stop the race-baiting.
Let’s stop pulling out the race card. Let’s stop giving minorities advantages
and screwing over qualified Caucasians. As one of the shrinking number of the
“majority”- white, male, straight, and Christian- I am not ashamed of my
history or my ethnicity’s history. I took no part in it. What I am ashamed of
is how it is continually brought up to gain the upper hand. When Morgan Freeman
was asked how to stop racism, he replied, “Stop talking about it.” The case
needs to be closed. I should not have to apologize for being white any more
than someone should have to apologize for being black, Latino, Asian, Native
American or any other race. I see myself as an American, not a Caucasian, and
so too should every other American. Let’s institute true racial equality in
America.
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