On
The Soapbox
from
the editor
Segregation
The Year 2000 is coming to
and end. For 29 years I've been subjected to the conflicting opinions that
we all are created equal and have the same rights, and yet we are all different
because of sex or race.
OK sure it's medically proven
that those of a certain ethnic background are more susceptible to cold
injuries just as breast cancer is more likely to be in one sex rather than
another. So for medical purposes race and sex might matter.
But what about the rest of life. I am so tired of hearing about the Black vote as if black people
don't vote so they are a non marketed commodity. (Oh...and isn't that politically
incorrect?)
And the woman's vote..., they
also haven't been voting as long as men have. Maybe they haven't learned
individuality yet and all vote the same. I don't think so.
The Hispanic minority vote
was an issue in this election. Surely they deserve special attention. If
your of a Hispanic decent then you probably haven't been here very long.
You must have just gotten the right to vote and need special care in our
strange and new nation.
I mean, How long have we had Hispanic,
Black, and women voters in these United States? What about the
Scandinavian Vote or the Asian Vote? What's wrong with the everyday White
male vote? Why the heck are we being ignored and what makes us so common
and everyday and everyone else so special. Besides, I thought we were suppose
to be equal. What the heck is so wrong with the individual vote?
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...if your not a statistic
I guess your out of luck.
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Is it written in stone that
because I am a white male who lives in Apt A that I will vote the same
as my white neighbor in Apt B and different than my Hispanic neighbor Apt
C.
If so then I now see why politicians
continue to recognize a segregated group. While screaming for equality
from the rooftops they encourage us to continue to be segregated because
it will cause us to feel obligated to support those who are just like us.
If they can convince 1 female that they will be the candidate to support.
Then all females should follow suit because all females are the same and
have to face the same problems. Women are not given the time to think of
their own individual problems because they are called upon to take up the
cross for women everywhere because of this 1 individuals problem.
That's how the political system
works today. The government loves to find any subject (i.e.. race, religion,
sex, sexual preference, social status, age, medical condition, anything)
to keep us fighting amongst ourselves and keep our mind off our individual
problems.
Apparently they want us to
know that we have the right to Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of happiness.
What they don't want us to remember is that these are individual rights.
Strength is in numbers so if your not a statistic I guess your out of luck.
GETTING OFF THE SOAPBOX
ROBIN HOOD
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