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Showing Original Post only (View all)As a white male I am blamed for all the ills of society [View all]
and yet I am expected to solve all the problems. Why should I have a vested interest in a society that see me as a problem as long as I breathe? Why should I care if no empathy is shown for me? I think the apex fallacy has reached a new height on DU in my honest opinion which is borderline elitist and a tad arrogant. Most whites that came to America faced discrimination or fled to avoid being persecuted. That is why we are a melting pot and why we are the United States. Reading this board you would think that is not the case.....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Irish_sentiment
http://voices.yahoo.com/irish-immigrants-discriminations-prejudice-4102209.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racism_in_the_United_States#Iranian_Americans
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racism_in_the_United_States#Antisemitism
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racism_in_the_United_States#European_immigrants
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/are-we-born-racist/201011/racism-against-whites-the-overlooked-phenomenon
"Yet I'd venture that the perception that all whites are bigots is one of the stereotypes that elicits the least outcry from our society. In so many of our conversations about diversity and overcoming prejudice, whites are too often seen as the source of the problem-- the ones who don't understand, the ones whose attitudes need to be changed, the blue-eyed devils with hate and ignorance in their hearts. "What works well for you when you are interested in inviting white people to talk about racism?" asks a recent blog post on this site."