Re: Why can\'t one be proud to be a straight white male
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And we can't really claim to being oppressed and be taken seriously,
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Does affirmative action oppress white people or black people?
I am an engineering major. In order to get a merit scholarship to my institution, as a white male, I have to meet some pretty lofty academic standards. In order for a black or a woman to get a merit scholarship to my institution, they need to have a high school diploma. A black woman only needs a pulse.
I don't even consider that case to be a problem because it's all done voluntarily (I do consider affirmative action to be a problem), but I think a case could be made that white males are indeed oppressed in some ways. In the case of affirmative action this case would be quite simple.
As far as being oppressed "by society" or "overall"...how do you define that? I will say that I DEFINITELY don't think women or blacks meet this standard today. Gays possibly. I can't really think of any ways they are favored over straight people off-hand, unlike blacks and women over white men. Just my totally subjective opinion.
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