July 10, 2005
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Reverse Discrimination
The other day, I was looking through a patient's charts, and I overheard two nurses talking. One asked the other, "Did you get this questionnaire?" "No, I haven't." "Well, it's asking me if I've experienced any racism in the workplace. You didn't get one?" "No. Probably because I'm white."
It was interesting because I know this particular nurse is married and her husband is black. The other nurse, who is Hispanic, her husband is white.
I noticed I didn't get any questionnaires either. I have nothing to complain about anyway, though. Just let me work, pay me, and I'm happy. I don't care what people think of my skin or my intelligence, as long as they're not breaking down my door to drag me out and shoot me. I have better things to do than to try to control how other people think about me.
People are really way hypersensitive about words. My mom calls my dad a "China-man" all the time. He's not offended. Dad calls her "brown" and she's not offended in the least. He also calls her "fat" because she is, and she knows it. She calls him "old" because it's true. When I went to the Illinois State Fair, a little black boy came up to me and asked me if I am Japanese. I've heard some Philippinos get upset if they are asked such an innocent question. ("How racist!" they say, as if a 6-year old boy who's asking a simple question can be racist.) I think it's admirable that he came up to me to ask.
I cannot name how many times my family has been to a Philippino Association meeting where some guy running for office asks us to vote for him, having absolutely no political convictions except that there should be more Philippinos in the government.
One Philippino man does not represent me.
Lord knows, I'm more complex than that.
Same thing happened at a Chinese Association meeting.
And at a Thai Association meeting.If you want my vote, you can have it, if you understand how I want to live my life, and are willing to defend it. Trying to appeal to my origins is a lame replacement for actually understanding how government works.
And now, people are talking about Hillary Clinton running for office.
One of the nurses asked me, "Are you going to vote for her?"
Seeing her track record for improving conditions in Arkansas and New York, I highly doubt it.
"But she's a woman! Don't you want a woman to be President?"
I want a woman to be President like I want a Philippino, Thai, or Chinese person to President.
It's not the color of your skin or what's between your legs. It's whether or not there's a lightbulb in the socket.
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AMEN! I really shudder at the thought of what would happen if Hillary became President. The scary thing is that a lot of women will vote for her, simply because she's a woman.
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