From: wung@eecom.gatech.edu (Peter Wung)
Subject: Re: Why do minority groups whine?
Reply-To: wung@eecom.gatech.edu
Organization: School of EE, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 18:40:04 GMT

In article 4730@bnr.ca, thao@bnr.ca (Anthony Murtagh) writes:
>In article <MDAY.92Aug12105955@jukebox.lcs.mit.edu> mday@jukebox.lcs.mit.edu (Mark Day) writes:
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>[bukus of stuff deleted]
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>>It's not whining to point out the structural inequities in American
>>culture based on "race", income, and social class, and to urge the
>>elimination of those inequities.
>
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>
>!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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>* >What becomes whiney is when people					   *
>* >blame those inequities for everything that's wrong with their life.	   *
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>* >--Mark Day								   *
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>exactly!!!  rather than attempt to _act_ (take actions) to make things
>better, they're complacent to lay blame on other people (even though 
>the initial fault may very well be from that group) and do nothing
>more than that.
>
>laly thao "i'd better stop...i'm beginning to feel the "whining" syndrome"
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I am doing something, I am telling you that things are NOT what they seem.  All
is not well in America, and you accused me of whining.  I can take a slow route and change opinions one by one, but there are inequities that need to be settled today.
I can excel in your system playing under your rules, all you do is to pat us on the
head and say `good job', then you change the rules on us.  I can work within your
political system and try to elect officials who care, but he/she will only talk the talk that gets him/her elected.  I can try to elect my own kind to speak for me, but I am at a numerical disadvantage.  When I live with my people, you call me cliquish,
when I try to move into your neighborhood, you move out because I caused the real
estate prices to drop.  Minorities trying to live a schizphrenic existence, and the
majority telling them that they are not trying to integrate fast enough.  Tell me,
what more can I do?  Dye my hair, bleach my skin and live a lie?  No thanks.
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