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pan6467 · 07-30-2005, 09:07 AM

To me the racism that exists exists because the minorities keep throwing the fact they are minorities into our faces.

In America today there is no reason for a black man/hispanic/asian or woman to yell about how they are not treated fairly.

There are more blacks and women working where I do then white men. And when issues of unjustness come up the white male has had the same exact treatment and yet somehow when it happens to a female or black male or black female it's racist and sexist.

When clients are wanting meds or asking for food and if I don't jump right up, most whites are cursing under their breath.... the blacks are saying I'm racist and going to a black co-worker. When the co-worker gives the exact same treatment that I do, it's, "brother/sister, you uncle Toms don't know what it's like out there for us".

I just find it an easy excuse to cry racism/sexism than to actually work as hard as someone else to get ahead. I could cry about the fact that in the past 3 months 2 full time positions have opened and both times I held the seniority to get offered those positions and instead the company went outside and hired 2 balck males (less qualified and less credentialed) to take those positions. Is that not racism?

I don't have a racist bone in my body, I don't look at people as black and white or Hispanic or Asian but as people..... until I see that the people who are of certain ethinicities use it to their advantages and will be the first to stab you with that racism knife they seem to carry around ready to use when not given what they want.

07-30-2005, 09:07 AM	#54 (permalink)
pan6467 Lennonite Priest Location: Mansfield, Ohio USA	To me the racism that exists exists because the minorities keep throwing the fact they are minorities into our faces. In America today there is no reason for a black man/hispanic/asian or woman to yell about how they are not treated fairly. There are more blacks and women working where I do then white men. And when issues of unjustness come up the white male has had the same exact treatment and yet somehow when it happens to a female or black male or black female it's racist and sexist. When clients are wanting meds or asking for food and if I don't jump right up, most whites are cursing under their breath.... the blacks are saying I'm racist and going to a black co-worker. When the co-worker gives the exact same treatment that I do, it's, "brother/sister, you uncle Toms don't know what it's like out there for us". I just find it an easy excuse to cry racism/sexism than to actually work as hard as someone else to get ahead. I could cry about the fact that in the past 3 months 2 full time positions have opened and both times I held the seniority to get offered those positions and instead the company went outside and hired 2 balck males (less qualified and less credentialed) to take those positions. Is that not racism? I don't have a racist bone in my body, I don't look at people as black and white or Hispanic or Asian but as people..... until I see that the people who are of certain ethinicities use it to their advantages and will be the first to stab you with that racism knife they seem to carry around ready to use when not given what they want. __________________ I just love people who use the excuse "I use/do this because I LOVE the feeling/joy/happiness it brings me" and expect you to be ok with that as you watch them destroy their life blindly following. My response is, "I like to put forks in an eletrical socket, just LOVE that feeling, can't ever get enough of it, so will you let me put this copper fork in that electric socket?"