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I think I actually understand what you’re getting at here. You’re wondering why whites can’t be necessarily proud of what they do, but they have to worry about how all the other races feel first? Well I’ve wondered that too, why is it that there can be black student unions, and if a white student union was made the founder could probably be expelled from the university I attend. Many other races do get praised for their academic accomplishes as well as other significant accomplishes; however, I think white people are so afraid of being labeled a racist for praising the work of a white person or wanting to set up a college fund for underpriveledged white children that they don’t speak up about their accomplishments. One thing is true, history is told by winners, not the ones who lost, so inevitably white people do seem to appear more ‘intelligent’ than other races. In my opinion, every race has their share of exceptionally smart, above average, average, not so smart people and idiots, the only difference is who we publicize for the world to see, and who has the capabilites and means to further their lives.
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Name : Regan, Gender : F, Age : 19, City : Norfolk, State : VA, Country : United States, Occupation : Student, Education level : 2 Years of College, Social class : Upper middle class,I’m just curious…if you are at a call center and you’re receiving telephone calls…isn’t it a little bit presumptious that you can tell a persons race just by their voice? I understand it can be done, and there is a good chance that a person will get a guess right if they think they know, but it’s very easy to make a wrong assumption. In short, I couldn’t answer your question, because I don’t think it’s all that possible to know that 98% of the calls coming in are from white people.
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Name : Regan, Gender : F, Age : 19, City : Norfolk, State : VA, Country : United States, Occupation : Student, Education level : 2 Years of College, Social class : Upper middle class,I’ve been interested in the same question about the word nigger evolving for years now. When I read Huckleberry Finn in my 11th grade English class, we had a debate about whether it should be banned from schools based off of the use of the word ‘Nigger.’ Our (primarily white) class ended up discussing the question with an african american studies class (which yes, was primarily black). Eventually it came down to a debate about whether the word was used in a derogatory manner in the book or not. I however couldn’t resist asking ‘How can this word be so unacceptable to use, when a celebrity like Chris Rock can use the word hundreds of times over in his routines?’ The answer I got from one of the students in the african american studies class is that there is a difference between a ‘nigger’ and a ‘nigga.’ I’m not saying that that person was right or wrong, and I’m not saying I agree or disagree with her answer. I do however disagree with the word being used at all today by anyone, if it ever was so offensive to someone else. If the word shouldn’t be taken in a lighthearted manner, than it shouldn’t be used in a lighthearted manner. If it’s such a problem that it was used in the past, then why use it today? I feel that if a white person is to use the word, it is derogatory and if a black person is to use the word it is acceptable. Why hold one standard for one race, and not for the other? I think if the word is to be used, then it should be used in history lessons to explain why we don’t say it anymore.
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Name : Regan, Gender : F, Age : 19, City : Norfolk, State : VA, Country : United States, Occupation : Student, Education level : 2 Years of College, Social class : Upper middle class,
