Quote:Racism is illegal and unlawful - think about the court cases...


Also, I think you skipped my income inequality point.

No, not all things are earned - many were handed down generationally. Income inequality proves this - but you have to understand it. That is truly the myth of America - that all men (and women) are created equal. Never happened.

Truth. I am a white female who was raised in a working class family and have had to work for every single thing I have. My secondary education was not paid for by anyone except myself. I am often considered weaker and less competent in every way in a small and still male dominant town because I am female. I don't get special anything because I am white. I also don't special anything just because I'm a woman. I do earn every single thing. 

 

There are people my age in my social circle who have nicer things and it's because they came from families who had money and they benefited from that. Is it fair? It doesn't matter because it is what it is and I refuse to hold it against them. We can't help who, when and where we were born into. What we do is accept it and move forward with our lives and do the best we can with what we have. If we want to improve on it it's up to us to do that- no one else. 

 

For the record, I agree that racism is still alive and rearing it's ugly head. Though my ancestors had no hand in any slave ownership I am sorry for those who suffered. There are movies about slavery I can't watch because the brutality is something I can't handle. And though I have had hardships in life I do acknowledge I've had it easier than my black female peers in many ways. But I will not apologize for what I have because the trip to get where I am is one where the cards were all stacked against me in ways neither you nor anyone else can't imagine and I am still here. 

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