As a sophomore this year at Chapman University, my critics judge me by the color of my skin, not by the merit of my argument. They have no idea about the hard work I put in to get here, the financial struggles I faced, the sacrifices I’ve made. They don’t know and they don’t care. They see white skin and they decide I should shut up.
Thursday, November 16, 2017
Pushback …
… I’ve been accused of white, male privilege. Here’s my response. - The College Fix.
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This sophomore boy's original article is, well, failingly sophomoric. Here's an attitude-charged, assumptive statement: "By creating victim groups and giving them preferential treatment, we are effectively placing one group over another, which inevitably leads to victim and non-victim groups in opposition to each other as seen at several universities across the country that have experienced heightened racial tensions and protests."
ReplyDeleteHe seems to want to assert the idea that racism is a construct developed by people of color (the so-called "created" victim group) in order to assert, sometimes violently, racial privilege over light-skinned people. It's a sophomoric toying with ideas. He is either (1) an early-entrenched racist, (2) becoming racism as he grows up and enters a diverse university world, or (3) practicing an escapism that should be challenged while in college before he becomes an entrenched white supremacist.
F on this paper, certainly not worth publication. He can raise his grade if he thinks the absurdities through better.