I recently finished my first year of college and im having trouble looking for a job. I guess it's the uneployment rate speaking for itself but something doesn't add up. Last year the unemployment rate was around 8% and it took me little effort to find a job. But when i started looking for a job the unemployment rate was between 9 and 11% and it's much harder. I have not received one interview. The search is getting frustrating. I need the money to pay off books and a small percentage of my school fees.
I'm hoping for financial aid but I'm probably not going to get it. Despite the fact that I made deans list twice with a 3.9 GPA some hispanic / african american will get my earned scholarship money just for being hispanic / african american.
Do I have something against affirmative action? Absolutely not. The fine print from the act states that we cannot discriminate due to race, gender, or ethnicity. What bothers me is that people misinterpret affirmative action. It is clear that affirmative action was suppose to benefit nonwhites/women but now it's just counter racism. Lets look at it this way. If you are applying to a college online or in any application, the first thing they ask for is name, address etc. then after that on the last few lines they ask for race and gender. Why would they ask that question if our goal is for equal opportunity? One of my friends is hispanic, his father is an electrical engineer and his mother is a doctor. His family probably has a combined income of over 200,000 per year. He goes to college for free. Where my family, making makes less than 100,000 per year have to pay full price.
No wonder hispanic families are crossing the border. They realize that they can get away with it and have affirmative action give them jobs.
I don't get it. Is it punishment for the white male? Because white males had more opportunities than everyone else many years ago? What would happen if white male becomes a minorty? Would they get benefits? Probably not. I'm just surprised how ignorant people are.
This brings me to the idea of making decisions in a subjective manner. That seems to be how everyone plans out their decisions. It's hard to come across someone who is capable of making objective remarks.
People are very fake. If you enjoy reading like I do, you may have read the book "The Catcher in the Rye." This author makes a great point about how people are "fake." People care too much about what others think. They develop a new personality to make themselves acceptable to society. Now the way I see it, this could be positive or negative...but most of the time it's negative. For example, it would be good for a bullies to realize what they are doing is wrong. But that isn't the case... because the opposite not only creates bullies but it also gives bullies satisfaction. They feel powerful because society views them as a more important person because all they do is lessen the value of others.
Conclusion: It is a sick world where everyone is fake. The roots of this lies within the idea of people being subjective. And the lack of capability of being objective derives ignorance. Ignorance is the root of racism and racism is pretty much the reason why I can't get financial aid. And the lack of financial aid makes me in desperate need for a job...which i cannot find due to this bad unemployment rate...sigh.... | |
I also wonder if whites, who are minorities in places like africa, benefit from affirmative action... unless affirmative action concerns minorities in a sense of world population instead of just country population...
Also evil needs to be put into some perspective. You are acting like there is a universal means to evil, when really there isn't. The nazi's all believed that killing jews was the right thing. There are many ways to view morality (society, utilitarianism, nihilism, the list goes on). So me letting evil win doens't make sense. It's more like me letting what you think is wrong win, but what you think is wrong may differ from other people.
And finally the last thing you said insults me. YOu immediately assume I am a racist because I dislike affirmative action. Well affirmative action mostly benefits women. So would you also say that I am sexist too?
Yes I know I shouldn't be complaining about what i dont have because I have a bit. But I know some people who were white and needed financial aid. They were smart students (one of them was rank 4 in the school) but because their parents had poor jobs, they couldn't afford to go to school. But there were minorities who were around rank 30 (which is decent I mean they deserve a scholarship) and they got full scholarships.
Overall what I am saying is that people should just forget about race and gender. Forget about all steriotypes. Of course this is impossible due to TV...
Also, it is spelled "stereotype", genius. If you like to read, as I do, you end up being able to spell.
Now you are playing the racist game. This is how the game goes. You call me a racist. Then I do everything I can to prove to everyone that I'm not a racist. Well guess what I don't care if you think I'm a racist because chances are you live at least 4 hours away from me.
And since it is America I can hate whomever I want god dammit. As long as I don't perform a hate crime it's legal.
Do you know... anything at all about reasons people immigrate, legally, or illegally? Did you consider they are trying to get AWAY from something more than to get TO something, like, for example "your" scholarship money.
plx.
Personally I think they should make citizenship easier to obtain but more expensive. if it's easier then there is no excuse to not get the citizenship, but if it's more expensive we have only wealthy people entering the country and less people willing to enter the country (and avoid inflation/ budget deficit).
Anyway. Ya people leave the country because their government sucks. But you know what, American politics is corrupt. Take John Kerry and his tax evasion scandal. It's sad to see someone who is married to the heir of Heinz Ketchup (enough money to buy his 7 million dollar yacht) and still have the nerve to save about 70,000 per year. It's not like he can't afford it. We have too many democrats. The house works best when there is a balance between both parties. Therefore only laws that both parties agree with will pass and hence more people are satisfied. For example the healthcare reform. I think there should be reform but apparently people don't like the bill. I've never seen so many people revolt. The house should have realized that "maybe we need a second look." Nope, instead they say "people just don't understand what this bill means." E.i. people are idiots. Which is true, but that doesn't mean the people supporting the bill aren't idiots.
At least insurance companies can't deny healthcare due to pre existing conditions. That was the main issue in my opinion.
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