Why the hell not? Racism has taken the place of the slew of "Trolls/Troll hunters are ruining Daily Kos" diaries, so onto the bandwagon I hop.
Nearly all of the diaries are missing one thing. Most of the diaries fail to mention another group of oppressed people. Many of the diarists crying "Foul!" for their own reasons have turned a blind eye to what very well may be the most discriminated-against group in the world, possibly the galaxy:
White people.
Yeah, I said it. Nobody cares when white people suffer from racism. Nobody offers a tissue when a white person sheds a tear after once again being slapped in the face with the racist-reality I and other whites live in.
I'm not saying that ONLY whites are discriminated against; that's stupid. I'm saying that whites are the MOST discriminated against. It's subtle, it's minor, but add up all of the minor, petty injustices whites must bravely face on a daily basis, and it just really really sucks.
Here is a small sampling of the horrendous racism I and other whites must endure on practically a daily basis, if I ever encounter a minority of some kind.
Today's whites are blamed for slavery.
Come on, those were OTHER whites. I've never owned a slave in my life, yet somehow I feel the repressed anger and disgust for a practice that occured, like, a billion years ago or something. I don't want to say get over it, but come on. There's no reason to keep bringing up slavery as an argument for current black oppression. That was the past. Contemporize, people!
I once got beat up by 3 black teenagers when I was a kid. They called me hurtful names, mocked my white nature, and pushed me to the ground, punching and shoving. You don't see ME bringing it up every single time I experience racial hatred and discrimination. I was able to get over it, move beyond it. I hardly even think about it anymore.
White people are never punished for crimes.
This is a common myth put forth by the liberal media, set on driving wedges between white people and non-white people. One time I ran a red light, and I totally got pulled over. Thank God my brother-in-law's a cop, he got me off the hook. But to say white people don't get punished is laughable. I mean, that cop who pulled me over sure tried to punish me.
Besides, nobody punished those black kids who beat me up.
White people are richer than non-white people.
OK, I live in a nice house, we have a lot of luxuries, but they weren't HANDED to us. My parents worked their asses off to get me a hot tub, and I'll be damned if someone cries out "white privelege" just because I can lounge outside, completely encompassed in warm, heated splendor. I totally worked at a grocery store for like 5 years. 5 years of hard work and toil! I've earned my place.
Anybody can succeed in this country, you just have to try. Failing only happens when you DON'T try. Maybe instead of complaining about everything whites have, you should try and earn yourself a piece of the capitalistic pie. I bet with a couple decades of hard work, ANY minority can enjoy some crust.
White people are inherently racist.
Now, this is just flat out wrong. If ANYONE'S inherently racist, it's minorities. Only racist people make broad generalizations about other races. Ipso, facto.
I mean, look at the facts. Black women can enter the Miss America contest, but they got all greedy and shit and then created a Miss Black America contest! Totally excluding the many white hotties that are out there.
Cinco de Mayo? Where's a Cinco de White-o? I'm still holding my breath for that one.
There's all sorts of scholarships for black students, latino ones, asian, all different types. But all those people can STILL get other NON-racist scholarships. It's like "Separate but Equal" all over again, except this time, it's white people getting shafted! You'd think that after all minorities went through under "separate but equal," they wouldn't want to inflict that upon anyone, but you'd be wrong.
I got called "honky" a few times in my life, and it stings. The pure hatred wrapped up in that word is just...it's almost too much to bear. Hearing someone say that to me causes a great deal of pain, and then I think about the pain, and it causes me stress. It's a hard life to lead.
Besides, I'm not inherently racist. I don't ALWAYS walk across the street when I see some black guys coming my way. I don't ALWAYS ask my Mexican neighbor if he snuck into my country. I don't ALWAYS do things like that. Hardly ever, in fact, 30-40% of the time MAX.
MAX.
White racism is the worst racism.
Here we go with more double standards. It's OK for OTHER people to be racist, but God forbid some white guy says something racist.
Look people... there is no racist-undertone to society, there's no foundation of discrimination, no blueprint of bigotry. Minorities have every opportunity to become giant, God-like CEOs of mammoth corporations, they just don't do it for some reason. I don't know why, maybe laziness or something. But the opportunities are there.
There's plenty of rich minorities! Shaq, A-Rod, Matsui... all minorities, all rich as hell. Richer than ME! If I'm so priveleged and minorities aren't, then why can Shaq buy my house with his pocket change? It just doesn't add up.
I've been discriminated against my whole life. Do you people know what it's like to know that all sorts of people think you're racist? It HURTS. It's not cool at all. But I try to be fair and even-minded. I don't apply the racial abuses I suffer to EVERYONE.
All I'm saying, minorities, is that white people feel your pain.
We really, REALLY do.