Originally Posted by
Stangonline
Either way - if you were black or white, let's just say the scholarship was only available to whatever you are. Your neighbor cant even apply for it. Your kid did good in school (most of the time they need to have pretty high grades). Would you not accept it? Do you think others would be justified in being angry at you, personally?
If it is a scholarship set up and paid for by fellow minorities or even non minorities for them that is ok IF they allow us non minorities to set up the same thing strictly for other people of our race. The white people shouldn't have to carry the burden by sacrificing ourselves. It should have nothing to do with color,sex or nationality. (sex is the one that worries me least as long as its not race+sex)
Would I hold that one neighbor responsible and be mad at him for being black you ask, no I wouldn't as I think he is smart for taking all the hand outs he can to make his life better.
I would and am starting to get annoyed that minority people are treated like they deserve to be treated better then the majority of the people that have worked for years to make this country great. The same people who are not irish-scottish-polish-russian-swedish- americans but rather just AMERICANS.
I'm not sure why people think its ok to be discriminat (sp?) of one race but a very bad thing to do to another. See black comedy vs white for a very open display of that.
Example:
A black comic talks about a white person not being about to dance (or any of 100 things) and its funny even if not really true of all white people.
White comic says something about black people not being able to think or reason and we are racist bastards. Make fun of them for not being able to speak proper english and once again we are holding/bringing the black man down.
Hell remember all the news coverage that was buzzing when someone called a black presidental cantidate eloquent and it was a bad thing? If someone said that about me i'd be like thanks. I guess all black people are eloquent and pointing that out is a very bad thing as it must be an unspoken truth.