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Originally posted by Zeld2.0
Like many say, racism / discrimination in this country lies with the ones in power. Minorities often band together if anything for protection.
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I really don't have a horse in this race, but I had to comment on this line.
I knew a manager in my last job who lived with her daughter in a very hispanic area. This woman and her daughter were both fair skinned and VERY naturally blonde.
Anyway, she was telling me one day how the hispanic kids at school gang up on her daughter and pick on her because she is "white" and "blonde".
The kicker is that the school administration won't do a thing to these kids.
The second story is that I was driving in East Chicago (Illinois) LATE one nite for a job and was warned very clearly, DO NOT get off the highway, whatever I do, because my white ass would be beat or worse if I was caught.
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The moral of my story is that power only makes racism easier to perpetrate, but it is very real in ALL people.
As to this case, it is clear to me: racism is racism, and to deny this child the right to form her club because it is for white kids, stinks of it.