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mtu (11/15/2015) [-]
I'm gonna be honest. I still believe in the prejudice plus power equals racism. There's no doubt in my mind that anyone of any race can be prejudice and so many people are. But, I also believe the prejudices held by these people have little effect on the average daily lives of white people. Being white myself I've never really dealt with any negative side effects of anyone of another race having a problem with my skin color. I went to a high school that was mostly hispanic and I'm sure some of them didn't like white people, but no one ever tried intimidating me, or brought up hurtful stereotypes or anything like that.
But things like people in power with prejudices against other races has had negative effects in the past. Like black people trying to get loans for housing in suburbia and have some equity to pass down to their children rather than renting their whole lives. Or attempting to attend university or interviewing for jobs. And while a lot of these things mostly occurred in the past, it was still the very recent past. Had Emit Till not been lynched for whistling at a white woman he would have been like 74 this year. You have to put into perspective how long black people and other minorities have had to catch up to their white counter parts. So, if a couple hundred more black kids get into college each year after years of being second class citizens to try to even out the disparity in races, I'm okay with that. And I know a lot of people will say, "Ur making it EZ 4 black people, that's not fair". But, considering a larger percentage of the black population live in poverty, will end up in jail, or has a shorter life span in general, I'd say trying to help these people out of these conditions that were essentially manufactured by generations of discrimination and racism is acceptable.
That being said, there are white people who also exist in dire situations who may lose out to black people and that's not fair. A lot of people also like to say, "It shouldn't matter the color of your skin, it should matter who is best qualified." I also whole-heartedly believe this argument. However, this is also a cause for concern as you can bet your sweet-ass there were qualified black people in America's history who lost out because of the color of their skin. You can also bet that there are hundreds of family businesses that hire within the family rather than someone who is qualified, and white people having a longer history of property owning, having a larger market of people, and more opportunities probably have a better chance of passing down these businesses to their kids. Same thing with legacies in college. I bet my fellow college bros know hundreds of kids at their college who should NOT be there based on their intellectual capability, but their Grandpa and their Dad attended the same school, or their parents are professors there so they get a free ride, or their grandpa donated a library so every ********* who shares a last name will forever get in even if they also had to pay off their high school teachers to get their diploma in the first place.
This huge rant being said, Asian girl #1 in the video made a very eloquent point that people need to stop generalizing, and look at people based on their character rather than skin color. The SJWs in this video are dumb, and while I agree that no one should have to go to college and feel worried they might be jumped by Klan members while walking to class or feel like their peers hate them just for being a different color, they went about this **** wrong.
If you read all of this, you're a brave soul.
But things like people in power with prejudices against other races has had negative effects in the past. Like black people trying to get loans for housing in suburbia and have some equity to pass down to their children rather than renting their whole lives. Or attempting to attend university or interviewing for jobs. And while a lot of these things mostly occurred in the past, it was still the very recent past. Had Emit Till not been lynched for whistling at a white woman he would have been like 74 this year. You have to put into perspective how long black people and other minorities have had to catch up to their white counter parts. So, if a couple hundred more black kids get into college each year after years of being second class citizens to try to even out the disparity in races, I'm okay with that. And I know a lot of people will say, "Ur making it EZ 4 black people, that's not fair". But, considering a larger percentage of the black population live in poverty, will end up in jail, or has a shorter life span in general, I'd say trying to help these people out of these conditions that were essentially manufactured by generations of discrimination and racism is acceptable.
That being said, there are white people who also exist in dire situations who may lose out to black people and that's not fair. A lot of people also like to say, "It shouldn't matter the color of your skin, it should matter who is best qualified." I also whole-heartedly believe this argument. However, this is also a cause for concern as you can bet your sweet-ass there were qualified black people in America's history who lost out because of the color of their skin. You can also bet that there are hundreds of family businesses that hire within the family rather than someone who is qualified, and white people having a longer history of property owning, having a larger market of people, and more opportunities probably have a better chance of passing down these businesses to their kids. Same thing with legacies in college. I bet my fellow college bros know hundreds of kids at their college who should NOT be there based on their intellectual capability, but their Grandpa and their Dad attended the same school, or their parents are professors there so they get a free ride, or their grandpa donated a library so every ********* who shares a last name will forever get in even if they also had to pay off their high school teachers to get their diploma in the first place.
This huge rant being said, Asian girl #1 in the video made a very eloquent point that people need to stop generalizing, and look at people based on their character rather than skin color. The SJWs in this video are dumb, and while I agree that no one should have to go to college and feel worried they might be jumped by Klan members while walking to class or feel like their peers hate them just for being a different color, they went about this **** wrong.
If you read all of this, you're a brave soul.