I just wonder how far this stuff will go before there is major backlash.
The White Man’s Burden
By Robin of Berkeley
I was just filling out an application to be a provider for an insurance panel. And one of the questions they ask is, “Are you a GLBT-owned business?”
GLBT means gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgendered. I rolled my eyes when I saw this. I thought, “So, if I share my bed with a woman, I would be a superior therapist, a more desirable member of your insurance panel?”
Of course, the questionnaire also asked whether I were a minority- or female-owned business. Apparently, if I were an Asian woman who sleeps with other women, I would be a Most Valuable Player in the psychotherapy world.
I really appreciate you sharing this article. As a college student, I see a grossly disproportionate amount of foreign students at my college as compared to the demographics of the surrounding community. I probably let it get on my nerves more than it should, but I always seem to notice that foreign students skip class more often and recieve excess “guidance” due to the language barrier that they are faced with, and when I say excess, I mean that it is alot more than translation. Sometimes I wonder if the university pays these kids to come to their school just so they can boast “diversity”. My application to the school was rejected the first year I tried to get in despite a solid HS GPA and well above average SAT scores. Now that I see the ethnic breakdown of the student population, I cannot help but think that I was kept out in order to make room for someone who was accepted simply for their sexual orientation, race, ethnicity etc. Don’t get me wrong, I absolutely view myself as being no better than anyone else just because I am a white male, it just burns my ass to know that people are actively recruited because of the color of their skin or because they are gay or whatever. I am a criminal justice major, and in one of my textbooks there is an entire chapter on diversity in police departments. While I agree that the police force should mirror the demographic make-up of the community it serves, I strongly believe that if a person is hired onto a police department, or to any other job for that matter, it damn sure ought to be because they are more qualified than the other applicants for that job. To me, affirmative action and equal opportunity employment are just another form of welfare, which completely undermines the value of self determination and bitch slaps the white man who values personal merit.
According to mitochondrial DNA I am originally of African decent. I was born here, thus I’m Native American.
Furthermore on my mothers side I have black, Hispanic and Native American roots so I am correctly “other.” Feel free to attempt to prove I’m not.
I also am pretty sure I am a lesbian trapped in a man’s body. So can you please move me to the front of the line?
One of these days we will hopefully trash the notion of “acceptable racism.” When you point out that the premise of Affirmative Action is basically that minorities cannot complete equally and “need help” you are basically accepting the premise of the KKK that they are different and not as capable.
More importantly it ensures continued racism as minorities cling to these notions for advantage and are rightfully resented by others who don’t enjoy such advantages. When we finally understand that there are no positive reasons to categorize by race (this includes racist organizations such as the NAACP) then we can finally attempt something like real equality.
I hate hearing black people whine about the burden of being black in America.
Why would I like hearing a white person whine about being white in America
Or Asian…
Or border jumper…
Or Hispanic…
Or Queer…
Or whatever…
I hate whining in general. STFU and handle your business. Life is not a blog, or twitter account. Adapt, overcome and improvise. Last I checked whining solved pretty much nothing in life…
Actually it gets you free stuff. And the more you do it, the more you get. That is the problem. If all that happened is they whined and nobody gave a shit, it wouldn’t really be a problem.
Ill be starting school later this year but my good friend who went to UCLA said the same thing. They’d get tons of Mexicans who didn’t speak English (well), and the school had special assistants for them. They basically just coast through college not doing their work and they took tests outside of the class…read someone “interprets” the test and “assists” the student. Then they get priority in getting into the school, and all kinds of grants/scholarships so they don’t even pay a dime to attend.
What happened to giving the spot to the most qualified applicant?
And I do not buy that B.S. about the SAT / ACT / I.Q. tests / etc. being language biased or culturally biased. It has been proven false through multiple legitimate studies.
We need to start being RACE BLIND in all regards - hiring, promotion, school acceptance, etc.
And everyone needs to quit bitching about the hardships that their ancestors suffered. Am I owed reparations by Norway because vikings raided Ireland 1200 years ago?
I hate to bring reason into the thread, but is is possible these are just demographic questions and don’t play an other role.
When I used to do staffing we had forms that requested but did not require this info. It played no part in hiring but was just because the .gov likes demographic info.
Dude, if it makes you feel any better, I did quietly get mine. When I applied to grad school, I listed “Native American” as my race. I flatter myself into thinking it was my smoking hot GRE score that got me admitted, but I know the truth. And I took a slot away from some douchebag Affirmative Action student.
I still get mail from the university’s Native American Graduate Students Association, and I got my master’s in 2005:D
My freshman year college roomate was a ginger haired Irish American, born in Puerto Rico (his parents were on vacation). He had a Puerto Rican scholarship. When the other students in the scholarship program used to give him shit, he’d just say “what, are you being racist?” and they’d shut up.
I’m going to have to start putting “other” on those forms too. Not only am I an African-Native-American like SteyrAUG, some of my ancestors came from Eastern Europe and are likely to have Asian and Middle Eastern genes in there, too. Not to stereotype, but I do like spicy food and I’m good at math.
Pacific Islander is going to be a tough one to pick up, though. Hmm…
I have the answer, even if you are Asian: You’re actually Peruvian, which would make you South American/Hispanic, even if you look like you’re Bruce Lee’s little brother and have an Asian-sounding surname. Most roundeyes won’t know the difference between Japanese, Chinese, or Korean anyway.
Chief Heather Fong on the left), is the first SFPD female, lesbian chief of police.
Theresa Sparks (center, a former male), is president of the San Francisco Police Commission, CEO of a multimillion-dollar sex toy retailer, and a transgender woman.
Sgt. Stephan Thorne (right, a former female), is the first transgender SFPD police officer.
