[Asheis]

I'm white.

My Ancestors came from Europe where Africans were never seen (maybe.. rarely) Hell, my family wasn't even in America while the whole slavery issue was a hot topic. My point? People talk at me and say "Your people oppressed my people." I usually laugh at those ones. My family was one of many that was fleeing Europe because of problems in the countries. Should we get money from these countries because they oppressed us? No.

Being white in america is becoming a negative thing though. Colleges will take an equally intelligent (sometimes a bit less intelligent) black person over a white one ANY-DAY-OF-THE-WEEK. I went to school in an at risk area where white kids were the minority (2-4% of the 3,000-4,000 kid population). You get called names, picked on, and are even mistreated by the black teachers because they feel you "don't belong" and you had somehow "done wrong" to them. Funny enough, one of my friends (being the crazy kid he was) tried to start a “white club” (read: European) and got shot down. All the while SOL, and BSU get all sorts of kudos. Pshaw.