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wow. its really hard up here. i feel like the only one sometimes. i see a sea of faces who don't understand, don't care. i guess the reason they don't give me a chance is because i'm the only white guy around. i mean, we went around the circle and shared our discrimination stories, and everybody else's started with, that white guys, these white guys, this group of white guys. i guess i can't help feeling partially responsible. even though i wasn't the one who personally persecuted each of those people, my race has kicked them down for so long. its very interesting to be in the opposite position for once. now i know how they feel every other day. i am the minority up here, i am the voice that isn't heard. i guess what i'm trying to say is that, my eyes have been opened up, and i have a view into their lives. we had this seminar about racism in which they defined and exemplified every word known to be derogatory. i was squiriming the entire time, because, even though they didn't apply to my race, i still felt partially responsible. what im trying to say, not to quote avenue q, is that everybody is a little prejudice, and it's got to fucking stop. a big part of it are the double standards we set in society and in ourselves. when a man sleeps with several different women, it's considered a good thing or not a big deal. but when women do it, they are sluts and prostitutes. that shit's got to stop. we need to respect ourselves. there can't be rules that are followed sometimes. derogatory words are used playfully, even lovingly in ethnic goups but when somebody of a different race, is caught using it, it's instantly villified. if we want true equality, we have to treat everybody the same, no matter what their race, color, sex, wealth status. and if your a star who gets of for child molestation, just because your michael jackson, i reccomend suicide. society needs to start healing itself.