Actually, this isn't completely true. I just don't think we realise that we are being discrimintated against. A couple of examples: In this country, you have a better chance of getting into college and getting a scholarship if you are a minority... NOT if you're white. There are more funds out there for minorities, than there are for us. Mind you, I couldn't care less, but it is a fact.white people have never had to feel that, they've always been the ones to discriminate against every other race there is in the world at some time or another in history. so they don't know what realy racism is.
Also, we may not feel the discrimination here, but I can tell you just about anyone who goes overseas will feel it at one time or another. Even in Hawaii. Because Hawaii's history with the white man is still fairly recent, there is still a LOT of resentment towards us. "Haoles" will get charged more for certain things than "kama'aina" (locals). White folks will get jumped just because they're white, and they're in the wrong part of town.
Overseas, because we have a habit of sticking our noses in where it doesn't belong there is a lot of dislike for the white person in general. Having lived overseas most of my life, I've experienced it. In Thailand, if you speak no Thai, you will be treated like crap and generally ripped off. However, if you take the time to learn the language and speak it PROPERLY you will be treated with more respect. If you are white, and walking by yourself the chances of you getting jumped are high in many parts of the world.
So really, the only white people who have never felt discrimination are the ones who have never left the US. I do agree with the idea that we have a very poor sense of humour. Unless it's OUR joke.







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