Racism will probably always be a problem in this country because we are unwilling to let the past go. The times of slavery and internment are over, yet we minorities act like White people still owe us. Guess what. No one owes us shit.
Legally, minorities have the same rights as White people. We can vote. We can marry (unless we’re gay). We can serve in the military (unless we’re gay). We can sit where ever we want to on the bus. We can eat where ever we want. We can use the same bathrooms. Shit, minorities living in the 50’s and 60’s would shit their pants to see all the things we can do. And a Black President, they’d think this was some kind of science fiction fantasy. We can do anything we want to (unless we’re gay). So why do we still give White people such a bad rap?
Now it’s true that there’s a great ethnic unbalance in this country. When we’re rescuing Wallstreet, we’re generally rescuing rich ass White men who are using that bailout money to give themselves egregious bonus checks. In Hollywood, the top executives making all these horrible decisions are generally White men. Why aren’t more minorities in these positions? In this country, all of these high-powered high-profile industries were created by rich White men. Certainly during times when racism was the norm there was no way for minorities to break in to these industries. But now, when things are legally equal (unless you’re gay), what’s holding minorities down?
It’s easy to point the finger at White people, and White men in particular, because they are the invisible standard by which we are all judged. You hear about a Black President, a Latina Judge, an Asian District Attorney, a Woman Speaker of the House but when was the last time you heard of a White Male Senator? White men are easy to blame because they’re seen as the majority. But you’d have to be insanely paranoid to believe that there’s a vast White Male conspiracy bent on keeping minorities down. That’s fucking idiotic.
No. In this day and age if there’s a will, mother fucker, you will find a way. If anything is holding you back, it’s you.
If movies aren’t portraying your people in a positive light, make your own movies (more films like White on Rice and Children of Invention please!). If comics lack minority representation, make you own comics. If you find an industry lacking diversity and you’re desperate to make a change, BE that change.
I don’t feel disenfranchised as a minority. None of us should feel that way. Unless we’re gay.
And since we minorities have it so good, we should not rest until homosexuals are allowed the legal right to marry. We know what it’s like to be legally discriminated against. We know what gay, lesbian, bi, transgender people are going through. How, then, can we stand by while our people are being treated so poorly?
It’s time to stop looking for racism in every little corner. Complaining and finger-pointing gets us no where. Dwelling on the past gets us no where. Don’t believe in the change, believe in the change that believes in you!
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