Loree Thomas wrote:
>
> --- Mike Lorrey <mlorrey@datamann.com> wrote:
> > Loree Thomas wrote:
> > >
> > > You know... this one has always bugged me. I used
> > to
> > > be a white male.
> >
> > You used to be one? Is there a surgical procedure
> > you can get to be
> > not-white?
>
> <smile> Not yet... but there is one you can get to be
> not-male.
>
> > >
> > Gee, Loree, I don't know your wife at all, so I
> > can't make any
> > pronouncements, but do you think possibly it may be
> > because you are a
> > better thinker/worker than she was in the job? How
> > did your and her
> > evaluations compare?
>
> Thinking we are about the same on... I might have a
> slight edge. She has a better education (BA) and as a
> worker, she is definitely superior. I am a bit more
> creative. All in all things balanced out.
>
> I believe her evaluations were better.
>
> > Did you notice any changes when you became not a
> > white male?
>
> Yes.
>
> But you didn't answer my question. Has your life been
> impacted personally by affirmative action (e.g. did
> you not get into the school of your choice, loose out
> on a job or promotion simply because you were a white
> male?)
I:
a) lost out on an appointment to a military academy
b) lost out on financial aid in college, which was biased to provide
more aid to people of the same economic level if they were minorities.
c) am constantly accused of being a racist/sexist/'rich elite' simply
because I am a white male.
>
> Most men don't recognize male privilege, most whites
> don't recognize white privilege. Having been both man
> and woman, and having been married to two different
> ethnic minorities and lived in ethnically diverse
> urban communities most of my life, I have seen both
> with my own eyes.
>
> In the 70's, 80's and 90's it's possible that the PC
> crowd over did things... but equality of opportunity
> for blacks and whites is still mostly a myth white
> people tell themselves.
In my experience, the only lack of opportunity that blacks I've known
have had has been produced by their own memetic programming, and not by
the system. When you are programmed to expect racism, that is exactly
what you will get.
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