Quote Originally Posted by <MADDOG> View Post
I do believe in one doing his or her own research when posing a question, so feel feel free to research the statistical percentages of welfare/food-stamp/Medicaid recipients broken down by racial background and post in this thread. At the same time, please post the data for financial aid/grants broken down by the same classifications. There is a disparity in numbers, especially if broken down into the population as a whole, and I leave it to you to surmise as to why...
Seriously, I need a metric. What defines "is enough"? Unless we agree on that definition, no amount of research is sufficient to answer the question. My background is mathematics, and the first item that has to be agreed upon is the definition. Preferential treatment in jobs, in college admissions, those are a start. Do we also include metrics of conviction rate and length of sentence for the same crime for whites and non-whites? Do we look at pure test scores for college entrance and also include discrimination against Asian candidates as compared to the population as a whole? How about quality of elementary education, as measured by items like classroom size, number of books in the library per student, etc.?


But I digress; and Teufelhund said it best in a succinct manner "a local university is now holding a four-day seminar demonstrating how being racist toward white people is not only acceptable, but preferable". Our society has taken such a 180 that we believe that some people (IE: race/gender/sexual orientation,etc) are more equal than others; and we as a society are accepting this as the de facto, and someday, we may be reaping the benefits of that mentality. IE: instead of looking at a person's true colors (and in my view, that is work ethics, honesty,etc), we immediately paint them with their skin color (and organs in the case of this post). Kind of goes against the rights we hold so dear, does it not?
Yep, that class and that mindset is fucked up.