gel. whats it like being a white boy in trinidad?
tw On Thu, 27 Jan 2005 12:38:58 -0400, Angel Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ? > Excuse me? > I'm holding myself down? > Look boy ketch yuh falling self eh! > > I don't live in America, and in Trinidad society circles I'm certainly not > 'held down' by anything or anyone. > > Nice rant btw. Pity it doesn't address the key issues of the debate, > your anectdotal offerings not withstanding. > > The facts say that it is White people who have held and continue to try to > hold minorities down. > > Quit writing your own sob stories that boo hoo I don't get money to go to > school..boo hoo I don't get scholarships and loans. > You're only holding yourself down. > > Laters, > -Gel > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Phill B [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > This is my point. Minorities get special treatment that I don't get. I don't > get money to go to school because I'm white. I don't > have large organizations watching out for my white ass. > > Opportunities are given out EVERY DAY to minorities. Scholarships and loans > are available in abundance to every ethnic group out > there. Yet they still complain that there isn't enough being done to help > them out. What more do we need to do? > > Am I supposed to feel guilty for things I've never done? Do I need to give up > MY rights and every thing I HAD to work for? Is this > supposed to easy race relations for a better tomorrow? > > Do you realize that kids in rural America have less opportunities than > minorities? Do you know what its like to grow up a hundred > miles from no where with NO opportunities while the President speaks of "No > child left behind"? Imagine being told that the only job > you need is working in a factory. That education isn't important. > > Stop perpetuating the sob story and start writing a new one! You are holding > your self down by buying into that crap. You are what > you believe you are. If you think you are oppressed, you will be. If you > think you don't have opportunities, you wont. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:144887 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
