To answer the first question, YES, it has been. The one thing I really do hate is when minority groups, such as African Americans in this particular example, say that because they were enslaved for longer than they've been free, they're still entitled the reparations. To that, I have one comparison to make.
Look at the Jewish people. They were enslaved for many hundreds of years by near every middle-eastern race (Egyptians, Romans, etc, etc, etc), and I don't hear them complaining NEARLY as much as the average minority today. After every round of enslavement (because there was more than one), they picked themselves up, and said "Okay, now that we're free, what can we do to help ourselves?" They didn't depend on a governmental handout system. They did what they could for THEMSELVES. In general, the Jewish people have had more hardships than the African American race ever did. I don't seem to ever recall hearing about a mass African genocide resulting in the deaths of MILLIONS of people over a few year period.
What about Darfur?; I know you've heard of that!. Still, I digress. Although I do greatly appreciate that you DID take the time to elaborate your views, and didn't cross the line as far as derogatory phrases, I still whole-heartedly take issue with a few of your points. Their are no reperations, nor have their ever been, for the enslavement of black people. That is just false. As for saying the Jews persevered through their hardships, that's pretty much saying that Jewish people are of a stronger will and strength than African-American people. My take on that is that the Jewish people had a strong history to continue on with, and EVERYTHING African-Americans have is because of the strongest will, and faith (including freedom). Gentrification still affects strongly populated African-American communities, and racial prejudice is an uphill battle for most every day.
Been there, done that. Since you brought homosexuality into this, where's the "homosexuals only" scholarships? Where's the NAALGTBQP? Where's the ULGTBQCF? They don't exist. Trust me, I've looked. So if we're going to be classified as a minority, where's all of those foundations and resources? Oh right. I'm still white.
If their were homo-sexual benefits than it would be only too easy for any person to fake being a homo-sexual, and although I completely respect gay people as equally as any other people, it is something that is a choice and, for all intents and purposes, it is entirely possible to keep it private in the instance of persecution. I'm not saying that anyone should have to, but the possibility exists, and not only that their are plenty of organizations that advocate for gay rights, and who make a homo-sexual lifestyle possible. If their is an instance where you particularly are not given an equal opportunity for a job or scholarship than I am 100% for your rights, and you deserve them equally regardless!.
Please read the bolded statement above. That, I do agree with. What I don't agree with is how hard it is to get for someone that's in a financially unstable situation (like myself at the moment) that isn't a minority to qualify for that assistance. Now read the underlined portion. Who's "validating" the suffering? If that's true, I want my suffering deserved government assistance. Oh, and I call a complete BS on the first statement.
That's your opinion, but may I suggest that if you are suffering financially than maybe you should evaluate your spendings. I am fully aware that what you buy is 100% your business, but sacrifice is neccassary at times. That has nothing to do with the plight of your homo-sexuality, but if for any reason it does, truly does, than I am all for your rights. Again, if you are living in impoverish conditions just because of your homo-sexuality than that is a HUGE problem, but just being gay does not automatically justify your opinions on a particular groups struggles; especially a race of people!.
Again, please read the bolded statement. The only ones I ever really do complain about are the ones that have more children than they can care for on their own. The whole reason some of them have that many children in the first place is so they can qualify for higher welfare benefits. I'm sorry, but when I see a pregnant Hispanic woman walking around with 10 kids following her shopping cart and paying with food stamps, yes, I get a little miffed. There's no reason for a family to be that large in todays society. I can understand back in the day when the children in farming families were needed to help out in the fields. But today?
Those 10 kids have hearts and minds of their own, and for all we know they could be the next President who legalizes same-sex marriage. Far-fetched, possibly, but the potential is absolutely their. Now, for the parents who do continue to have children without truly evaluating their quality of life when they reach this world, that is wrong, but it is not only minorites and it happens equally across all races. I live in an astoundingly white region, and I see the same stuff all the time. It's way to dangerous to put a label on all of a particular sect just because of commonalities you percieve from a fragmented society you observe. Naturally not all statistics on all races will be the same percentage wise, just for the simple fact of the variables involved, but as far as conditionally, I know that if a person of any race is raised in the same conditions as someone of another race their potential is identical. That's what is affected by prejudice, is the change in those statistics due to the control a much larger majority!.
While I do agree that there are "minorities" that do work their way through college without depending on the government, let me tell you another little real life story. I don't go to a big university. I go to a state college that, just last year, was a community college. This past semester, there were probably 20 african-americans in my Biology I class (class size was 45). Within a week, all but 5 had dropped out. The other 15 were only there so they could validate their presence, and get their financial aid check. THAT'S what I complain about. Money that's supposed to be used for education being wasted, while I have to contort myself into all sorts of weird positions and put appendages places where they never should go just to get one tiny bit of aid.
Another generalization, though. It's never healthy to take a sample from one area and think it holds true across the nation, not to mention it is entirely possible those students transferred, or could not financially continue with their higher education. What their motives are, only god and they know, but I'm sure they would not even attempt to go to college unless their was an interest or desire to further their situation. 3 of the 4 friends I know that went to the same community college went for a few months and then just dropped out without any justifiable reason; their white, but again besides the point. That's just college, and at a young age very few people do want to commit their future to something they have little to no interest in. Either way, I hardly see how that affects your particular situation.
Because I can almost guarantee if you go down to your local welfare office right now, you're going to find that it's 90% minorities. I'll take my camera down next time and see if I can't give you a good shot of the waiting room. Women that are spending $300-$400 on hair extensions and fake nails wanting to know why they can't get more on their EBT card (food stamp card), or when they can expect their next cash assistance check. Men that don't speak a lick of English.
This particular statement is just littered with generalizations, and so many have no validity whatsoever. I don't know if you track all of them when they leave the welfare offices to see which salons they hit up, but I completely take issue with the "90%" as though it's fact. It's not your America to protect minorities from in-habiting, and what any person does is at the discretion of that person and the immediate family it affects. I respect your opinions on other topics and I know that, for your part, your speaking from the heart, but it may be a bit mis-guided. Is America taken advantage of by some people who happen to be of a different ethnicity?. Absolutely; but those people would do that regardless of whether their green with a Korean accent, and blue with a southern accent. Financial abuse is not hereditary, and is completely circumstantial. That's a fact!.
As far as I'm concerned, they have the right, IF they immigrate legally and contribute positively to society. That first question, though, makes me go WTH? I don't see what slavery has to do with same-sex marriage. Sure, if you're into S&M, that's a different story. The prejudice I can understand. No one ever said we were after a time of prejudice. I was just trying to say that to be truly un-prejudiced, you need to treat EVERYONE equally in the first place. And that means stop giving so many advantages to "minorities".
I understand that, but how do you do that UNLESS you create a divide between ethnicities. It's just not tangible. Do we create a new welfare policy that states "No welfare for hispanics". That's a depravity of rights for millions of hardworking, loving, compassionate people. It's the cost of living in America, but if we divide people based on what we percieve as "racial tendencies", than we are stripping people of their rights. As I stated earlier, welfare abuse is not hereditary down racial lines, and those that abuse would abuse regardless, but for the futures black doctors it helps, or just the every day Hispanic family trying to stay afloat it is completely a neccessity. Again, I respect you putting your focus and opinion in a well thought out manner, and if I exclude some statements I dis-agree with, I see the basis of your opinion. Still, it's important to accept that conditions in our history do dictate the future, and slavery is no objection. Neither is the stripping of gay rights, or the persecution of the Jews, or any other occurance!
