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cornhobbleSo a group of people I know (mostly adults, a couple teenagers) were talking about affirmative action the other day, and I was outside the fringes of the group, ~listening. And, well.
It wasn't so much a 'I don't think affirmative action is necessary anymore' conversation as it was a 'OMG, IT'S SO HAAAAAARD TO BE WHIIIIIIIITE WE'RE SO OPPRESSED' conversation. One girl started whining that less qualified people get into schools just because they're minorities, blah blah WHATEVER.
Then 'omg reverse racism!!1!' was brought up and I decided it was probably wise to back away slowly. Like, disclaimer: you can be against affirmative action and not be a racist tool, yeah? I think. But this conversation had a seriously unpleasant underbelly -- we're a group of like-minded white people (well, all but one), durr hurr, say whatever you waaaaaant, no worries!
Then this one teenager who is Iranian joked that in a college application people from the middle east were grouped under 'Caucasian,' and that wasn't fair, that they should get their own group so that "we can mooch like blacks and other minorities."
Ha... ahaha... hahaha...
D:
idek, you guys. I DON'T EVEN KNOW. What do you think? Pretty dubious, y/n?
It wasn't so much a 'I don't think affirmative action is necessary anymore' conversation as it was a 'OMG, IT'S SO HAAAAAARD TO BE WHIIIIIIIITE WE'RE SO OPPRESSED' conversation. One girl started whining that less qualified people get into schools just because they're minorities, blah blah WHATEVER.
Then 'omg reverse racism!!1!' was brought up and I decided it was probably wise to back away slowly. Like, disclaimer: you can be against affirmative action and not be a racist tool, yeah? I think. But this conversation had a seriously unpleasant underbelly -- we're a group of like-minded white people (well, all but one), durr hurr, say whatever you waaaaaant, no worries!
Then this one teenager who is Iranian joked that in a college application people from the middle east were grouped under 'Caucasian,' and that wasn't fair, that they should get their own group so that "we can mooch like blacks and other minorities."
Ha... ahaha... hahaha...
D:
idek, you guys. I DON'T EVEN KNOW. What do you think? Pretty dubious, y/n?
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Date: 2010-03-17 04:01 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-03-17 04:27 am (UTC)I swear, my 'CRAZY PERSON, ASSOCIATE WITH AS LITTLE AS POSSIBLE' list is alarmingly long. idk, idk. I should move~
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Date: 2010-03-17 04:50 am (UTC)YIKES!
Maybe they should be invited to an NAACP meeting...or maybe we don't need another riot.
You should move here. My friends have some intelligence and any prejudices they have are not the usual kind. (i.e. race, gay, etc.) One friend, J., has a prejudice against anything that drools (dogs, babies, etc.)
Now, go to your happy place, have some peanut butter and console yourself with the thought that not everyone thinks like the crazy people.
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Date: 2010-03-17 06:13 am (UTC)Hah! I should give them all flyers the next time I see them, HINT HINT. I doubt it would be appreciated, they'd probably talk about NAACP's ~sekrit agenda~
A prejudice against anything that drools is very sensible! Drooling things are groooooss, though I will forgive dogs for drooling (not necessarily babies, though. NO I DON'T WANT TO HOLD YOUR POOPY DROOL MACHINE /immature). I should definitely move over there and, like, sleep on your couch, y/mfy?
I am planning on having both chocolate and peanut butter, muwahaha. DELICIOUS BUT FATTENING.