Racism at UCSC

hye345
Mon, 06 Jun 2011 22:24:58 +0000

lestrange009, several things:

First off, racism works both ways: it IS possible to be racist towards white people/non-minorities. I have heard more ‘white people’ and ‘redneck’ jokes (in public) than ‘black people’ jokes. Most white people I know take it in stride, but I can’t say the same with minorities. To be fair, its still somewhat a sensitive issue due to past injustices (especially when talking about African Americans), but logically, you can’t argue a double-standard. Somehow, I don’t think you would be as worried if your (future) colleagues made an occasional white or redneck joke…

And, as far as ‘institutionalized’ racism goes: what exactly do you think Affirmative Action is? I’m all for helping the downtrodden in our society, but when that help is ‘funneled’ only to people of a particular race, that sounds an awful lot like institutional racism to me.

If you disagree with any of these, please correct me, I would love to hear arguments.