Is this racist?

[JustinWoodypond]

Whether it's offensive or not, doesn't mean it's not true....minorities exist....get over it.

Whether it's offensive or not, doesn't mean it's not true....minorities exist....get over it.

Get off your horse and quit classifying people like animals. It's wrong, open your eyes.

[JustinWoodypond]

Lol, I'm not on a horse, it's a simple fact. A minority is a minority, it's not like it's a bad thing. If I say 1% of America is Chinese, it means they're a minority. Is that a bad thing?

no. god still loves you, even IF you hump peach!

[JustinWoodypond]

no. god still loves you, even IF you hump peach!

What else is she good for? Getting kidnapped usually leads to humping in some form.

A minority is a minority, it's not like it's a bad thing.

Of course it's a bad thing! People use it so much they don't even realize it.
Minority is a polite way of saying "those people" and "those" are usually subjected to differential treatment.

As long as people are classified in groups there will always be room for discrimination (not just racial).

In India people were classified by color of skin. It was known as the Caste system and it started with labels and ended as something really ugly in the end. Today we are still classifying people by skin as well as income.

I don't think that looking forward anyone would want their Republic to change into a Serfdom so as a nation we need to quit classifying people in groups.

That is what I was trying to convey. I hope I cleared things up a bit.

[JustinWoodypond]

I understand what you're saying and I agree, I just don't think someone being classified as a minority is considered racist. People are people yes, but we also have differences that should be celebrated and recognized. There should be a happy median is what I'm getting at. People shouldn't look at race/culture as a segregated thing.

[crait]

People are people yes, but we also have differences that should be celebrated and recognized.

The point of this thread is should whites be allowed to celebrate as much as other groups?
I agree, people can be categorized. But I believe we shouldn't discriminate.

I understand what you're saying and I agree, I just don't think someone being classified as a minority is considered racist.

Your aren't supposed to however, it is what it is.

People are people yes, but we also have differences that should be celebrated and recognized.

Agreed but let's not be ignorant. I don't think I should be proud to be trailer trash or white trash just because I fit someones definition of it.

There should be a happy median is what I'm getting at. People shouldn't look at race/culture as a segregated thing.

But they do especially when statistics are combined with race to explain dropout rates or crime rates.

[JustinWoodypond]

People are people yes, but we also have differences that should be celebrated and recognized.

The point of this thread is should whites be allowed to celebrate as much as other groups?
I agree, people can be categorized. But I believe we shouldn't discriminate.

I think it depends on what they want to celebrate. Like I said earlier, the minority scholarships I have seen aren't given out just for being a minority, there are usually circumstances or hardships that particular minorities have gone through such as Native Americans and African Americans and that's why those certain scholarships exist. I don't think there's much argument that those two minorities haven't gone through things in their culture that warrant some sort of compensation, and that's why those things exist, not solely because their skin is a different color than yours or mine.

[crait]

Actually, a lot of them are. And the ones that aren't just for minorities but are for minorities in need, what about the majorities in need? I know there are some that are for anyone that's in need but that's a different matter.

My great grandparents came to America, though white, to get away from religious prosecution and search for jobs. If they eventually enslaved a race, well, I can't control that. That doesn't neutralize the situation. It especially doesn't mean that I should be penalized for what they did.

So let me guess crait, your college application got denied and now you think someone less worthy gets to take your rightful place?

[crait]

No, I actually didn't apply to any.

[ace]

Dude, I completely agree. I've been applying for scholarships this week, and it's ridiculous how I don't see any scholarships that require you to be white. I even saw a minority scholarship on scholarships.com that said you have to be a minority, and have a gpa of 2.5 or higher. Yea the minorities they listed were basically every race present in America aside from white. I'll try and find the link again just to show how ridiculous it was.

But yea, I completely agree that if there is going to be any minority scholarships then there should be a white only scholarship, I mean I can be just as poor as any other race. Not to mention I'm one of the only 10 white people in my class of 174 students, why can't I get a minority scholarship?

(This part is alot less serious then above)
Why aren't there any colleges labeled as Historically White Colleges? I mean you see HBC's in the US but not any HWC's in like Alabama or Mississippi. I'm pretty sure they would have been "Historically White". Or is that "racist"?

While slavery in general was a bad problem in America (and the world) last time I checked I aint my ancestors, neither are you, so get over it! None of these "minority" students at my school have gone through cultural hardships, in fact some of them are quite rich and still think they have it hard because of what their great grandparents were.

[crait]

I was on Scholarships.com, too!
They have every country of origin except America!
Why can't Americans get any American only scholarships?