the extremes of not being racist

what african-americans went through as slaves was horrific. no way around it. white men were cruel beasts and no human should have ever lived through what slaves were forced to live through.

but come on, people. the civil war ended that decades ago. now america has taken being anti-discriminatory to an insane level, thanks to the media and democrats.

when is the last time you saw a "miss white so-and-so" pageant? umm probably NEVER if youre still alive today and young enough to even know what a blog is. yet there are "miss black" pageants everywhere. that is discriminating. the very thing about which african-americans were angry at white people. the discrimination is going the other way.

don't get me wrong, i don't feel discriminated against. and i have white skin. i'm not trying to say "poor us, we are being excluded from blah-blah-blah". i just don't understand why it is acceptable to society to have all-black functions, clubs, and events, but you could get in trouble with the law if you held an all-white event. are not these all-black organizations going against what america stands for? equality for everybody and exclusion of none? i don't understand how they get away with it.

my main pet peeve on this subject is when an african-american claims they are being discriminated against on the job when it is actually their own poor performance. many companies waste money keeping people on staff who are not performing their job simply so they will not be accused of discriminating. in some cases, knowing they cannot be fired for this reason can make for lazy employees.

now i am speaking very, very generally here. i know for the most part, black people and white people treat each other the same. as it should be. and i know true discrimination still does exist. and that breaks my heart. any time i hear of a true story how someone is physically or mentally abused because of the color of their skin, my eyes well up with tears and i just can't take it.

but i am not talking about those cases here. i'll save that for another post. i'm talking about the people who exclude white people from schools, pageants, events, etc. that, too, is going against american belief and is just as wrong as discrimination against blacks. society has OVERcompensated for what happened in our ugly past. instead of having all-black schools, organizations, and events or all-white or all-hispanic or all-german or whatever schools, organizations, and events, we should have: schools. organizations. events. etc. that's it. no adjectives describing who may or may not participate.

after all, skin color is just that -- a color. it doesn't deny anyone the privilege of being what we ALL are -- human beings. thank God for different colors! without them, the world would be a very boring place. but let's not lose sight of the fact that we are all equal humans. and that should be the ONLY thing that matters. to whites and blacks alike.