As I was "surfing the web" aka "on facebook" I came across friends post. Mind you that I usually overlook looooong status updates because it's usually a rant about how a guy cheated on who knows who, or how much someone "loves" their significant other of 1 month and what not (sorry for my bluntness). This post caught my attention because it's a friend from high school who rarely updates and hence in seeing it I read it. Just thought it would be good to read because I'm sure he's not "friends" with all of you I copied and pasted it below:
"I don't often voice my opinion publicly about political issues, but this is not something I can remain bipartisan on.
Just got out of my all-white Honors American Politics class, minus
myself of course, where the topic of discussion was Affirmative Action;
Could you guess where the discussion went? For 30 minutes I heard how
Caucasian and Minority, more specifically African American, students have
the same opportunities and if a Caucasian student performs equally
academically then they have the "same work ethic" and that if they
perform better than they had a "greater work ethic,' nevermind the fact
that those speaking were inherently privileged with
professionals/college graduate parents, often times with Masters and
Ph.Ds, easy access to college information and preparation, attended
private high schools and were likely lavished beyond necessity from a
young age.
This ignorance is not bliss, and this blatant
disregard for understanding equality does not have merit. Until the
equality of opportunity and outcome in America stabilizes further for
underrepresented groups; Women, African Americans, Hispanics, Middle
Easterners, Native Americans, the Disabled, The Poor, and the
Disadvantaged I say, as would former Governor of Alabama George Wallace,
if he were Black, 'Affirmative Action then, Affirmative Action now,
Affirmative Action forever!'"
— at TCU – Texas Christian University
I leave you with your thoughts...
Irene,
ReplyDeleteGosh I don't know what to say. I still don't really understand Affirmative Action but obviously using race to classify someone's merit is not right. I see where ignorance is present people not taking in consideration privileges and thinking they deserve better treatment because they have worked "harder" than others. I feel that is really ignorant and I feel that everyone needs more education/awareness of how our society had evolved justly and unjustly; it should be taken in consideration because we don't live in a perfect world and a lot of people just don't want to accept that. It's up to us to bring awareness and involve more people in this truth to bring change.
Great Post!