Controversy?

Ok so here's the thing : I'm not a racist person. I grew up in a very white community, with about three or four black [African-American? which is politically correct? I think it's African-American, but because "black" is easier to type, that's the one I'm gonna use] kids in my high school between my freshman and senior year. It was never a big deal, they were popular kids with awesome personalities. The fact that their skin color was darker than mine and nearly everyone else's didn't matter. So then I move here and it's still relatively white. Of course, a hell of a lot more diverse than where I'm from. And I love it. It's so cool to be driving or walking downtown and seeing different cultures. I'll see an Indian [and I mean from India, not Native American] family and the mother will be wearing that head scarf thingy that they wear in India. And no one even takes a second look at her.

So moving on to my point. One of my roommates came back from her evening educational class tonight, totally irritated. And I don't blame her. In her class they were talking about censorship in school, like banning the book Huck Finn because of the word "nigger." Well obviously it's a derogatory term, but back in that time period, it was said frequently and the book accurately portrays that. Apparently, there's one black girl in my roommate's class and she totally agrees with banning it because she finds the term offensive. She said something about "because I'm black" and right then and there I would have gone off on her. Luckily, my roommate has better control over her temper, and she waited until the girl was done talking to say anything. My roommate then went on to explain how she grew up in a Mormon household and a very non-Mormon community. Swearing does indeed offend her, but she's not asking anyone to ban books with swear words in them. If that's how it is, let's accurately portray it, right?

Ok next. [keep in mind that I'm not racist. note : hot black guys are ten times better than hot white guys. what's the opposite of racist?] I don't understand why we still insist on giving special treatment to blacks. I also don't understand why some blacks still insist on us feeling sorry for them just because their ancestors were slaves. Are they slaves themselves? No. It was their ancestors. And it was our ancestors who kept them as slaves, not us. Are we slave-holders? I don't think so. So what the hell?! And those special scholarships for blacks? I get the ones for the underprivileged who have no chance of leaving the "ghetto" without help [of course, there are whites in those situations as well], but not the ones for just any black person. Can I get a scholarship because I have blond hair and blue eyes? Seriously people. Stop trying to get people to feel sorry for you just because at one time, your ancestors weren't treated right.

Now I feel the need to move on to the whole feminist idea. About how women fought for so long to have the same rights as men and yet many still want society to help them out and feel sorry for them [us?]. But . . . I'm not going to. I think I've exceeded my typing limit for the night.