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Lessons Learned From The CT Firefighters

Posted by Scott in Race Issues on June 30th, 2009

The Supreme Court’s ruling today in favor of the Connecticut Firefighters, who claimed they were unfairly denied promotions based on their skin color, does more than just set a legal precedent.  It reverses the logic many people have, that the “payback approach” to racial discrimination is no longer acceptable.

Years ago, it was socially acceptable for white people to discriminate against minorities.  To a minority back then, this wasn’t simply an unfortunate event.  It was an outrage, which had no manner of reversing itself without changing the public perception of equal rights.

Fast forward to today.  A lot has changed as far as equal rights are concerned.  There are now laws concerning the treatment of minorities in the workplace, many of which were the focus of the lawsuit brought up by the CT Firefighters.  Some minorities, however take these laws to an extreme.  They feel that because their ancestors were treated unequally that they should have the right to treat whites unfairly today to make up for prior injustices.

Does the need for revenge against a previous generation’s wrongs justify discrimination against a group of individuals who have done no wrong?  Just because the white people of today have the same skin color as the white people from years ago doesn’t justify discriminating against them in any way.  No matter how “privileged” they may appear to be, it doesn’t justify discrimination to level the playing field.

Right now, you might be thinking “alright so this guy is probably going to preach about the Sotomayor nomination”.  While her nomination to the Supreme Court is an important issue and her views should be considered, I feel that the more important topic to discuss is the racial issues plaguing the public opinion.

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects against employment discrimination towards any individual on the bases of race and color, in addition to national origin, sex, and religion.  The law says nothing about one’s own personal feelings or attitudes towards another race, sex, religion, etc.

This is where public opinion plays a role.  If you want to dislike someone because of the color of their skin, where their family came from, or which God they pray to that is your own prerogative.  However, society in turn will look at you as if you’re an ignorant fool because of it.  It shouldn’t matter whether you’re white and you dislike a Hispanic person because of their heritage, or if you’re black and you dislike a white person because they appear to be more “privileged” than you.  Society should frown upon both actions equally.

Sadly, it doesn’t do so all the time, and this is where the true injustices lie.  In an effort to correct the wrongs of previous generations, often times people who have done no wrong are left to suffer the consequences of mistakes made often times before they were even born.

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Whites Only Scholarship

Posted by Scott in Race Issues on February 17th, 2004

The College Republicans at Roger Williams University (http://www.rwucr.com) have begun satirical fight against race based scholarships. They are offering a $250 scholarship to whites only. This has come as a surprise to many people since scholarships based on race are almost never exclusively available to whites, since they are deemed to be in a better financial position than most minorities anyways.Many minorities and other P.C. folks are having a field day with the announcement of this scholarship. They are claiming that minorities have a much harder time getting into college than whites do, so this scholarship shouldn’t be exclusively available to whites. But why not? There are plenty of scholarships out there for Blacks, Hispanics, Asians, and any other minority you can think of, but no one is questioning these scholarships are they? Affirmative Action was supposed to eliminate any need for racial distinctions, and it obviously hasn’t.

What the College Republicans at RWU are doing is showing the P.C. minority community how much of an insult the double standard is that they place on whites. There are scholarships based not only on race, but also on fields of study. So if you’re a white law student or even if you’re a black undergraduate student, you’re already exempt from the Black Law Student Scholarship. Why? Because in a capitalistic society, people should be able to say where their money goes based on whatever criteria they want. If I want to give a scholarship to a Malaysian dwarf with no index fingers, I can. I know it sounds ridiculous, but it’s my money so back off! (How do you like that for satire?) On the other hand, if I want to give a scholarship to a white undergraduate student I can do that as well. The point is, if the College Republicans want their money going to a white student, regardless of the fact that there may be minorities who need the money as much if not more than the white person, they should be able to.

If the P.C. community has their way with this, the notion of a “whites only” scholarship will be a thing of the past. This won’t make the formerly “whites only” money become instantly available to minorities, rather the funds for these scholarships just won’t be made available to anyone anymore. The people who created the whites only scholarship obviously did so because they want their money going to whites only. If all of a sudden they are forced to make the money available to everyone, then they would simply eliminate the scholarship, and as a result would cause poorer white students to seek funding elsewhere in an already reduced pool of scholarships. With that said, who is the racist here?

Congratulations to the College Republicans at Roger Williams University. Maybe if the word spreads, you’ll be able to offer more than $250 next year. Good Luck!

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