[David]

The majority of slaves were not captured by whites, but purchased from black Africans. Do you extend your hate to black Africans as well as white people? If you did, that would be irrational. Black Africans alive today are not responsible for events that occurred 100 years before they were born – just as white people are not.

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Name : David, Gender : M, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Age : 36, City : San Francisco, State : CA, Country : United States, Occupation : Manager, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, 

[David]

Criticisms are a serious threat to victim status, so anyone who dare criticize a minority group (be they Black or White), is quickly condemned as a racist. The politics of victimization is very important to many African Americans. Maintaining Victimhood is paramount is order to rationalize the breakdown of civilization in the Black lower class, and justify quotas, preferences, and set-asides for the Black middle and upper classes. If Blacks were to loose their status of perpetual victims, millions would begin to question the fairness of race-based entitlement programs, and Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, and many others in the civil rights establishment would suddenly find themselves unemployed. Also, victimization has become an opiate for many minorities, as racism is used as a convenient excuse to rationalize even the most personal of failures. It is impossible to simultaneously be a victim and a perpetrator. That is why the responsibility for the disparities in crime rates and academic performance are quickly reallocated to back to Whites – The ‘Look what White people made us do.’ Syndrome. It is also why Black Leaders will hold prayer vigils, press conferences, and marches over the Black victims of White crime, but ignore White victims of Black crime. There are differences in the caliber of public education a child may receive, but those differences are based on income level, not race. I also believe there are racists (both White and Black) in America, but not enough racism to thwart anyone’s aspirations. On a positive note, the more those who gain from victimhood need to point to distant past events, or rely on surreal, science fiction-esque conspiracy theories (see above response) to maintain their victim status, the less real racism I know exists today. In my opinion, If more Black leaders preached the values of personal responsibility, education, and hard work, rather than the politics of victimization, African Americans would have no use for raced base entitlements.

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[David]

I am white, and yes, I do reap some of the rewards society has to offer. For example, I own a home, a car, decent clothes, etc. However, these rewards were not bestowed on me because I am white. I have worked very hard for very long and earned everything I have. Furthermore, if I ever stop working hard every day, these rewards would be taken from me. As for your assertion that people of color are denied access to certain opportunities that I have been granted, if I were African American, I would have been guaranteed admission to a better college through Affirmative Action. In addition, I would have been entitled to many scholarships and grants for which, as a white male, I was not eligible to apply. If I were African American, landing my first job out of college would have been much easier. When diversity becomes a goal like most companies have established, it follows that diversity becomes a requirement. In any job posting, when a company states “Minorities and women are encouraged to apply,” it really reads “White men need not apply.” Now that I have been out of school for a while, I see lesser-qualified minorities being promoted in order to “Make our management team reflect the community it serves.” Nonetheless, I do enjoy a certain degree of success. The degree of success I enjoy was not bestowed on me because I am white, however. I earned it.

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