In response to the "Making Whiteness Visible" video that I posted on my facebook profile a couple of days ago, a former white classmate responded by sending me the following antagonistic message:
"So ______ sent me that youtube video that you had posted to your profile. the white becoming visible part 1...are you kidding me Amanda?
I can understand about being angry and enraged about the past...but you HAVE to be kidding me saying that EVERYONE is a racist STILL. It really bothers me and makes me angry, because last time I checked I can't get a scholarship for school because of the color of my skin.
I don't know if you've actually looked recently but there aren't white ONLY colleges or Hispanic ONLY colleges... Now isn't that an interesting twist in pointing fingers at Racists? I sure as heck think so. You want to talk about oppression, how about my family AMERICAN INDIANS the very first people that F'ed over in this country. But did you know the only way I can get help for college is if I can actually PROVE what tribe and family name I came from... Would you have to do that? Do you think that in order to get help from UNCF (United Negro College Fund) you'd have to PROVE that you came from a slave family? hmm... didn't think so. "Minorites", I use that loosly because white are becoming the minority, are given GREAT opportunities that I'll never even see. I just really wish that they'd see that, before pulling the race card. OH and before you even get the idea about calling ME a racist...remember what church I grew up in...I WAS THE MINORITY."
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I get the feeling that they didn't watch the whole set of videos... but maybe even if they did they would have the same angry reaction and not take any of it to heart anyway...
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