Re: Is white racism nec. all bad?
Donald Edwards (warrl@blarg.com)
5 Apr 1995 01:00:53 -0700
John Otteson (otteson@b4pphf6.bnr.ca) wrote:
"In article <3lrr6v$fkc@ncar.ucar.edu>, gary@ncar.ucar.edu (Gary Strand) writes:
"|> mm> mellow mike
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"|> mm> affirmative action has the goal of integrating the workforce. that means
"|> non-whites where whites used to be. that means white people have to be
"|> sacrificed. white people, who are in place and have 'rights' to be present
"|> in the workforce because of decades of white supremacy.
"|>
"|> Prove that *I* got my job because of "white supremacy".
"|>
"Obviously, we don't know enough about you to do this. Tell us about your father's
"career and your grandfather's careers. Tell us about the African-Americans who
"were viable candidates in competition for the jobs your father and grandfather
"were able to get.
Well, I can't speak for Gary Strand. But here's my shot.
My grandfather was a traveling salesman. He died when my father
was in junior high school. My father inherited nothing of value,
not even a good name <turned out Gramps was legally married, but
Gramma wasn't... and this in the Bible Belt...>
My father was a carpenter (independent contractor) and aircraft
quality control inspector. He was disabled, permanently unemployable,
when I was in elementary school, and died when I was a college
freshman. I inherited a 10-year-old Toyota and a box of clothes
that didn't fit me.
I'm a computer network administrator, having trained as a computer
programmer.
Give me some reason to suspect that my father's and grandfather's
careers are in any way relevant to my career.
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