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Originally posted by Seaver
Apparently you havent read my previous posts. I am NOT the majority. Read my previous statements and then tell me that.
Besides... my point was that it was because of the color of my skin that others were being treated better legally. I dont care what the past is can you honestly say this is ok?
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Your previous posts stated that you are "white." How do you figure you aren't included in the dominant culture group in this society?
Some definitions seem to be in order:
Majority doesn't speak to numerical size, it addresses dominance; that is, who has political and cultural clout.
Minority doesn't speak to numerical size, either. It's a reference to a group's relative
lack of political and/or cultural power.
If you are German or Irish immigrant, your family likely was, at one time, in a similar position as black Americans. However, while your ancestors were able to "pass" into the dominant culture (that is, once they lost their accent and clothes along with other cultural trappings--they assimilated, in other words) because visually differentiation between themselves and others became insignificant, black Americans had no such "luxury."
Currently we have the added complication of eroticizing the "other" or, more precisely, the "exotic." So people are making claim to their "dark" heritage, getting tan, & etc. But look closely, because you'll notice that even then people better stay brown (or "mocha") lest they be classified as actually "Black."
If you really think that racism is "over," start examining the dominant trends (that we are all part of and perpetuate) in our society more closely.