It's bullshit to you until you have to regularly live with it.

and what makes you think your (assuming your race) the only ones that have to put up with this crap? I'm white and I have to put up with all the horse shit that im a racist every f-ing day. (BS AND LIES)

Lol, yeah right, hey but deny it and reverse it on to the victim, that always works. Belittle their point if view with irrational untruths. Hold on let me put my rosy white male blinders and pretend like I am equal in a white male power structure...Aww there that's better don't want to offend any white males out there...

Lol ridiculous....

There are many. A lot of them probably come from well before your time but some are contemporary.

First understand that I am not racist at all but I do "discriminate". I discriminate against people that deserve it and do it without regard to race. I am famous for my discrimination against liars, thieves, and laziness including welfare moms of any race.

I firmly believe that each person is deserving according to their work and character. So the question becomes how important is race in that? To me, not much. My grandchildren are "mixed" race. My son in law gets some weird looks because of his accomplishments, but not necessarily because of his race, but more because of his "unexpected" success. He gets and deserves respect.

But your question is about the daily BS I have to put up with. As far as "reverse discrimination" goes here are just a few examples I lived with:

Affirmative action is discrimination. A white single male that works hard and makes an above average income pays a disproportionate percentage of taxes that support ideas like affirmative action, other racially discriminatory policies, and women's rights. The person most discriminated against in that regard is the successful, single, white male.

Hows that? His taxes go to a Government that pays for all the gratuity programs from which he never see even a tiiny bit of benefit. That government also hires people based on racial quotas that do not consider the brightest, best educated, hardest working or best qualified.

There are new requirements for a government job today and it hurts blacks. A new qualifier is to be bilingual. Governments around the Nation are dying for people that can talk to people that receive government benefits and commit crimes and don't speak English.

However insensitive, a former Secreatry of Agriculture once lamented that he was having trouble getting qualified people because of goverment affirmative action hiring policies. His desire to find one black, jewish, pregnant, crippled, retarded woman to cover all the bases in one person so he could get qualified people for the rest of the jobs. Got him fired naturally. So much for being "practical".

Quotas at universities require white people to significantly outperform other races to gain the same level of entrance. It's not in their work, their abilities, thier motivation, or ability to pay, it's in the color of their skin. I remember a charged debate over a white lady that entered her race as black on her application being accepted though would not have been were she white. It was quite controversial at the time.

In the early 1970's enlisted soldiers in the Army eligible for promotions to sergeant were given an additional 300 promotion points for being any race but white. The total points required to make staff sergeant E-6 at the time was right at 600. A white soldier had to complete several additional military schools, work overtime on military cooresponndence courses, complete additional civilian education, and be awarded several medals, honors, and recommendations to make up that free 300 point "boost". Many highly qualified and motivated white guys left the service in frustration. By the 1990's it was hard to find a white First Sergeant anywhere.

In closing I'll offer a personal opinion about why some people tend too automatically descriminate. Could it be that they find black culture uncomfortable? Or could it be that 1 in 4 black males will spend time in jail before they are 21? Could it be the rediculously high percentage of black single mothers without husbands? Could it be the levels of crime in black neighborhoods? Maybe the culture promoted and reflected by "Rappers"?

Could it be history? Possibly resentment of the trillions of dollars squandered to "equalize" and "bridge the gap" between blacks and whites over the last 50 years that have yielded no significant improvement? Could it be the devisive leadership of community organizers like Al Sharpton and Jessie Jackson? Bill Cosby is a much better role model.

There are some other factors in play. There is a diminishing of the power of being black in America today. Obama didn't even speak to the NAACP during his campaign. He courted Hispanics. Kinda took blacks for granted ya think?

The power of the Hispanic population is growing and for us there is a Marshallese "invasion". We have the only Marshallese embassy outside Washington DC in my little town and their King visits us a couple tmes a year. These other "special" groups are eroding "black power".

People are comfortable with the culture they learn and not so much with cultures that are foreign to the ideals and moral beliefs that form their lives. Many feel that regardless of the beautiful dreams of Martin Luther King Jr and changes that came from them little progress has been made. It is not because "white" people won't embrace or accept those ideas, but probably more because the evolution of "Black Culture" prevents it.

Now you can tell me I just don't understand if you like, but remember that perception is everything. If you want people of a certain culture to perceive you favorably, you must offer something they see as deserving of it. Asking anyone to join and promote a failed culture is not the answer. The better route would be to embrace a successful one.

On the other hand, the way demographics are shifting if you are white you better look out. Soon you will be the only minority without special protection!

I thought I would add that in my "racism" research in social psychology, one side effect of the Civil Rights laws of the 1960's has been that whites seldom admit to any racist feelings.

After studying the matter for some time, two of the top researchers on racism in social psychology reached the conclusion that saying "I am not a racist" is just a new form of racism, which they call "new racism." On the other hand, if a white person admits, "I am a racist," that is an open invitation to new problems in his life.

So while the 1960s Civil Rights laws opened the door for positive changes in society, they also had the unwanted side effect of putting whites into a kind of Catch-22 -- do I acknowledge feelings of racism, or do I deny them? So the easiest thing to do is just avoid the topic. Consequently, the topic often gets swept under the carpet.

That's why I appreciate those of you who have talked & shared openly. Thanks.

I went through the same radical BS. Had a fellow (black) sergeant at Ft. Dix after I got back from Vietnam tell me that soon they would be in charge and we could just toss in the towel. Personally I had no idea what he was actually talking about at the time. I have a vague memory of some black athletes raising the black power symbol of raised fists at the Olympics but personally had no dog in that fight, nor did I care.

In retrospect, I guess he was wrong because I don't see a lot of difference in anything to this day that really matters other than that the resultant affirmative action programs proved that you can't help anyone that doesn't want to succeed.

As far as I'm concerned people can stick the tired old worn out race card up their butt. You want something, go work for it. I am only interested in people that are worthy of consideration and respect regardless of their station in life, wealth, or occupation.

In a any business or corporatation everyone is important. Doesn't matter if it is the janitor or CEO. If they weren't important they wouldn't be there in the first place. Everyone is worthy of consideration and respect no matter what color they are as long as they earn it.