I Am a White – The new science of racism
Judged by the color of his skin.
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So if you’ve read much about The Bruce lately you’ll find that he is going back to school. As a result of this, I’ve been filling out a lot of forms and have noted a distinct change since the last time I was filling out government paperwork.
When I first started filling out these type of documents in elementary school I used to check an ethnicity box labeled EUROPEAN/CAUCASION. By the time I was in high school and college (the first time around) the box said, CAUCASIAN/WHITE. And now that I am enrolling in higher education yet again I find that I am check marking a box that has but one word beside it: WHITE.
Yes, dear friends of European decent, you are no longer completely or even half an ethnicity, you are only a color.
Maybe the next time you are asked your ethnicity it will be delivered in the form of a DNA sample rather than a check box.
pslarkin
June 4, 2009 at 12:09 pm
A perfect example of the anti-white prejudice seen in many government institutions today. No wonder, as more and more people of color are entering into the public domain in order to make a difference in their own communities, their inherent biases will begin to be seen through in the system itself. This is not necessarily a “racist” process, so to speak, but an inevitable result of a shift in the power structure. Do I blame those people of color? Not really; this sort of usurping of my individuality is exactly what the government excels at, regardless of race.
Mein Schatz
June 4, 2009 at 10:33 pm