NoSoup

I find this to be facinating. Please explain to me what the non-white perspective is.

Hmm... Reading that, it seems almost like I am belittling your comment. Let me elaborate so that it isn't taken the wrong way.

As a straight, white male, I, of all people am the least qualified to talk about racism. I tried to look at the situation from both points of view, and I had thought that I had formed an opinion that could be viewed and understood from both sides.

I certainly would encourage any minority to take full advantage of any programs out there that exclude whites, but my issue is basically this. Nowadays, if a minority person and a white person are both in the same situation, whether it be poverty, lack of education, or have troubled credit, ect, it has become far easier for the minority person to succeed. I don't believe that race should really make a difference in any of those cases - both should be helped and treated equally.

I also don't agree with giving a minority person a job solely due to their race, when they are less qualified than a white person. Personally, I couldn't care less if an entire company was comprised completely of minorities, as long as they were better qualified for the positions than whites. This relates to the educational breaks because as it sits right now, it is actually much easier for a minority person to become more qualified much easier than a white person in the same impoverished state.

If I remember correctly, you had said that you were half asian. If you were put in a situation similar to my friend, and you were a high-school graduate, but simply because of your skin color/sex you were able to continue earning an income instead of people that had college degrees in the field and/or years and years of experience, how would that make you feel? Would you feel that it was just or unjust? Just curious, as like you said, I am most likely viewing it from the white perspective.