White people say we should stop using race. Ok. Now how about you stop using it to deny us equality?

Question

It is noce that white people say we are all equal but you people do not live that way. When my family moved into a white area all the white people took off quick as hell. You say we are equal yet you live apart from us intentionally. You say we are equal yet you refuse to hire us for anything other than menial jobs. As soon as you stop using race, so will we.

Answer 1

Actually, the same thing happened when my parents and I moved from a mixed neighborhood to a predominantly white neighborhood. Literally after we moved in, seven houses on the street went up for sale within the next two weeks (at the end of house selling season, which goes from late March to the end of September, usually).

I don't think you can cast a generality about white people as a whole, no. But I also think that people gravitate to where people think and do alike, and you and I moved to places where we weren't particularly held in high regard... so they moved off to places where they could find new people who think and did alike.

My parents neighborhood now has a lot of non white people (Asians, mostly, as am I).

I personally just purchased a house in the same town but the neighbors are much nicer.


This is all in SE PA, outside of Philadelphia, by the way.

As for jobs, no I don't agree with that. Statistically, the poorest bloc of people are white women in the Midwest and south, not blacks, Latinos, etc, followed by white men in the same areas.

Answer 2

The fact that certain people are trying to "rebrand" feminism into something women do not want to be associated with is reason enough to claim the label. A line needs to be drawn. Thus far and no further. Because if this word is abandoned, what comes next. "Equalists are not equal" We need to stand up to this Orwellian tactic, because it is more than simple languaging, it is a direct attack upon the ideas themselves. Disempower the movement, turn it towards introspection. Make it wonder what it is, instead of focusing on what it can do. Isolate people who support the ideas by making the word fearful. Yes, action and focus is of paramount importance, that is what achieves results. That is where energy should be directed, but lets not concede yet another victory to those who seek to censor thoughts and ideas by rebranding words and gutting them of meaning. See it for what it really is. A political strategy devised to bring ruin to the activism for equal rights. Consider the sources. *edit on additionals. If you adopt a new label, that too will be attacked. The ideas are the enemy. The whole idea of attacking the label is to fragment the cause. You can see that effect right now in the answers, and indeed, in your own questioning. I know what feminism means. I can look it up in a dictionary. Read about it. Feminism has negative connotations, and it has been a consistent ploy of certain elements in the media especially to destroy identification with words that include feminist, liberal, intellectual. The list is long. It doesn't matter what words you use, there is no compromise, and will be no compromise from those seeking to undermine the ideas. The word is not the issue. The ideas are the issue. So yes, stand firm on it. Because if you tolerate it this time, it will simply happen again I also don't see how using the label harms the cause. When you get together and work for an organization, the work is the focus not the label. In fact, by owning the label and doing good work under its banner, you counteract the negative image, and win over hearts and minds. Especially when people realize they have been duped into thinking feminism is something different from what it is - which is the struggle to win equal rights for women.*

Answer 3

Is it fair that a minority gets the job over a white person even though that white person may have scored higher on the admittance test? It happens everyday. Is it fair that a company employee so many minorities or if not they are accussed of racism? Also in college, a sports team must have a certain amount of minorities on their team. Is that fair? The world isn't fair and I think race works both ways. Many times minorities will use the race card to get out of things or to get more money or higher paying job. Yes there are going to be racist white people and there are going to be racist minorities too. You can't help that but you just live life loving one another like everyone is the same because they are. So lets get rid of all the rules that dicriminate especially the ones I mentioned. The same goes for equal rights between men and women. I see your analysis being wrong and one sided with a tad bit of hate towards whites. Lastly, racism has died out slowly and there are still people who lived in when there was segregation but they are slowly dying out and racism will be a thing of the past if people learn to work together and quit complaining. That's it's biggest downfall.

Answer 4

That's not necessarily true for everyone. I grew up in a completely white neighborhood. I have lived there for 14 years of my life. Never once had a problem being hired , never once was called any racial slur. Never once felt like a second class citizen because of my race. I know there are people out there who have been and thats a shame. But complaining about it instead of choosing to personally rise above it is kinda silly. No one race has control over another to the same extent as they did 50 years ago. Even then people rose above it. So I feel like if you want it that bad, people won't get in the way. Stop using it as an excuse for why you can't excel because the one really holding you back is yourself.

Answer 5

No one can deny us anything in this day and age. It's against the law. Maybe if we stopped caterwauling about how unfair everything was and did something to further ourselves we wouldn't have these problems. I don't know where you live, but where I live in Tampa Florida, there are people of all races living just as happily anything. Was it your race, or was it whatever is fostering this attitude that made people not want to live around you?

And by the way, I'm Black, was hired by a White person, and am a software engineer. No one can take anything from you that you earned, which is why instead of crying racism I went to school to get what I deserved.

Answer 6

Dude, Let it go..........do you really think you are going to change the world with that attitude? you comment on menial jobs, low paying jobs, well women are paid substantially less then men for the same job, that includes black men or what ever other-than-white race you are talking about. There is unjust and not-fair things going on everywhere, everyday. Somethings you needs to get over and the ones that you can't, well try to help solve the problem, not become a hindrance to solving it.

Answer 7

I get so tired of hearing the black race (Afro-Amer. - or whatever) pull the race card for an excuse everytime something doesn't go quite right in their life. I am carcasian - and for years things didn't go quite the way I had planned. I came from a tough background, ended up divorces, single mom, homeless twice (with one child), Food Stamps, yada, yada, yada....and not once did I get to have an excuse for all my trials and tribulations. Life has changed since then - and I did it the hard way - went back to school. There were as many blacks in school as whites - and we all got along just great. We're living in a day of age now where a lot of white (and blacks) are turning their ears off to the remaining few who insist on the race card. Face it, it's getting outdated.

Answer 8

It's completely unintelligent to generalize an entire group of people. You should stop playing the race card becuase as I said before, it makes you look weak. You have obstacles, stop complaining about them and overcome them. You yourself are enabling racism, as you refuse to take responsibility for your own life. Maybe there are people that mistreat you becuase of your skin, it's not right, but that's how the world is. Why don't you prove all those idiots wrong by doing something great with your life.

Answer 9

iv'e been reading your questions, you are the racist.as far as equality among us you have more rights.you get more points [ 10 ] on civil service tests due to the color of your skin,you get jobs over other people due to your skin color,your skin color helps you get more funding for colledge so if you are in a lower paying job it's by your choice not the white mans.in my area they are always trying to hire people of color in law enforcement,no one applies your skin color would get you hired because you are needed in the communties wich by the way are mixed w/all ethnic back grounds.keep your history alive with all due respect do not blame the present and future for the past. good luck to you,with your attitude you will need it.ps. if you are supiorer to the white race why are you on here on yahoo complaining about every thing,get on w/your life and go to school,get educated and open a business hire who ever you like. be the slave king and see how far you get.they do have loans for the minority.

Answer 10

Yet, you are using race as an excuse instead of a motivation. Your true problem lies within, not a whole group of people you have clearly generalized. You've created this frustrating world you live in, not others.