From: cll5685@zeus.tamu.edu (LARUE, CHARLES L.)
Newsgroups: alt.discrimination
Subject: Discrimination against whites is rampant
Date: 2 Jan 1993 14:49 CST
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You know, a funny thing occured to me as I watched the NFL playoffs today. 
Whites are not represented fairly among NFL players.  In the game I watched,
over 50% of the players were black.  Therefore, discrimination must be going
on.  I mean, surely the white players are as good as the black players.  If
they aren't, then we must rectify this problem.  I suggest athletic
scholarships for whites only, as they may not have had the same opportunities
as their black counterparts.  Of course, the cry is usually "More blacks in
management and coaching", but along with this must come less blacks as players. 
I mean fair is fair isn't it.  I usually hear that the proportion of blacks in
a given job should at least reflect their percentage of the population.  I must
say that if it is a greater percentage than this then discrimination against
whites is occurring.

Is this example a little ridiculous?  Yes, but it is very analogous to what we
hear anytime blacks are underrepresented in any job.  I have been reading posts
from this group for a while and some of things I read are ridiculous.  Blacks
are owed because of the "legacy of slavery".  What?  Are you kidding me?  Well
I guess I am owed because of generations of being poor.  How many of you out
there were ever slaves?  I personally have never owned a slave.  Then why do I
owe you anything?  Sure, slavery was a bad thing.  But to blame whites for this
is stupid.  I know of not a single living person who ever owned a slave.  If I
must be held accountable for what any ancestors of mine may have done, then I
say that you should be held accountable if one of your offspring commits a
crime.  And incidentally, have you ever thought of where you would be if
slavery had never happened?  On the coast of Africa somewhere spearing fish or
maybe starving to death in some underdeveloped country.  What would your choice
be?  It is time to stop making excuses.  

I grew up very poor and my family had been poor for generations.  I had to work
in excess of 40 hours a week the entire time I was at my undergraduate school. 
I was very resentful when I saw minorities handed scholarships that I would
have easily qualified for only to see many of them drop out after a semester or
two.  Case in point.  When I came to graduate school I had very good grades. 
My placement scores were very high.  I got what I thought was a decent
fellowship.  There were four black students admitted with me.  Their scores
were nowhere close to mine and according to some of their grades, some of them
would not have even been admitted if they were white.  All four got fellowships
that put mine to shame.  They had a free ride for graduate school while I was
going to have to teach every semester.  Here is the kicker.  One of them had
only lived in this country for 6 years.  He immigrated here from Guyana.  Well
after the first semester, two of them were gone and the other two were on
academic probation.  I could have really used one of those fellowships myself,
but of course I was not eligible to apply.

You tell me how this is fair.  You tell me why it's OK to have a Miss America
pageant for blacks only.  You tell me why you scream racism every time I turn
around.  You always want to have your cake and eat it too.  You want to have
your own private events, but if you are not included in something, you scream
racism.  Take a lesson from the Koreans.  They move here with nothing but a
will to succeed and many of them do.  For God's sake, this is the land of
opportunity, so stop making excuses and screaming racism all the time.  Before
you judge me as a racist, let me tell you this.  I have several black friends. 
They all know how I feel.  They don't believe I am a racist, but they know that
some of things that are promoted really piss me off.  In closing, let me say
this.  All I desire is fairness.  I think most of you want a little bit more
than fairness.

Charley



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