Perhaps. It does help to not be seven and to be able to see the light at the end of the tunnel. I can't compare what white people experience vs what minorities experience, but I can assure you that there definitely is, no question, such a thing as reverse racism. I saw it on inner-city schools in Florida and it's alive and well in southwest Albuquerque.
::shrug:: I think the key thing here is that people need to learn to see one another as individuals and not as some emblem of the Other. Otherwise tiny darkhaired children become part of an invasion force and blond boys become the oppressor. On 7/6/07, Deanna Schneider <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 7/5/07, Dana wrote: > > I never found being the brunt of prejudice to be terribly > > character-forming. Personally. I decided my kids should not have > > mandatory exposure to ignorance. Personally. > > > > > Interesting. I found the opposite to be true. As a white person, I > think we're so rarely subjected to anything remotely like what most > minority groups go through, that it was an enlightening experience > when I was in the minority. Not necessarily fun experience, but > enlightening, none the less. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion 8 beta â Build next generation applications today. Free beta download on Labs http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/entitlement/index.cfm?e=labs_adobecf8_beta Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:237903 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
