In response to the white supremacy article, I would like to make a few comments. There are portions I agree with, and portions I disagree with.
Yes, it is true that many white people are discriminated against for being white. It is not something only us minorities face. The fact is that Canada is supposed to be a multicultural country, yet it seems not everyone has adjusted to the fact yet, and so everyone receives discrimination to a degree. I agree that some issues are better decided by the minority themselves, but I do not agree with the point about black people and the n-word. In a society where we strive for equality, it isn’t fair for people to allow one group only to call themselves by a word, and for everyone else to not call them that. It would be as if I called myself an Indian, but called others racist for referring to me as Indian. That does not belong in an equal society. Yes, people should decide for themselves what to call their cultural group. But they should not restrict the name and declare only they can say it and no one else can. I agree there is no such thing as reverse racism.
Racism is racism.
If a white person is subjected to racism, it is simply racism, not reverse racism. It is the same as if an aboriginal person is subjected to racism. I also agree that people simply do not know enough about others cultures. Far too often, I hear people spreading what they think is true about my culture but is not. Many people simply don’t seem to care to learn however. Some people are willing to learn and willing to accept my corrections when I tell them the truth about my culture, but others don’t care to know. There is racism and prejudice from every group however, and not only white people. It is not only white people who have discriminated against others before. I don’t think it’s fair to insist whites are the only group who are discriminatory and believe the article about white supremacy was in itself slightly discriminatory. I am an aboriginal student, so I understand how it feels to be discriminated against.
The article blaming only white people for racism and discrimination is in itself racist and discriminatory. We are supposed to be living in an equal society, and it’s about time we all acted like one. There is much to fix, starting with the prejudice that exists among all groups. We must educate one another on all our cultures. We must respect all cultures. Majority or minority. This is an equal society, this is a democracy, where all people from every background have a voice. We must act like one.
– Brittany Anderson,
