[James]

Point is, what is lost when Black History Month is trumpeted is the perspective of how black history relates to other history, how these histories are not essential entities but creations with a temporal context to them. That there are "black" and "white' histories is itself a creation, with the tendency to become a self-fulfilling prophecy.

Exactly my point. It's very ironic that we teach equality by separating everything into it's own colored category.

But let's get back to the more "racist" side. Now, I'm in no way a white supremecist, but I feel that there are all these benefits for being of another nationality/race as an ongoing apology for what some or our ancestors may or may not have done hundreds of years ago. It seems almost Catholic in it's attempt (you must always feel guilty for sins you didn't even commit, because people killed Jesus long ago).

Granted, we should be ashamed of our history. But that doesn't mean we have to pay out the ass for it. I never did anything to any black person except call this girl a ****** in kindergarten, when I saw it used on an episode of Family Matters, and didn't know what it meant. Why is it that I shouldn't get a scholarship just because I'm not black or the like? It's reverse-racism in it's own sense. We have to run around worshipping anyone not of pink pigmentation as a way to one day hear the entire group of them say, "OK, you're forgiven, whitey."

And the worst part is, if you voice your opinion on something you feel is wrong - not because you are racist, but because you honestly feel it's not a sound solution to our world's problems (and rightfully so) - you might as well be holding a noose and a whip and calling everyone Toby. But if someone not white says there's something wrong, everyone takes notice and bends over backwords to please them.

Where's the equality in that, when white people are automatically looked down upon like that? The roles are reversed now. It's like we're the slaves.

Then again, this is all from my perception. Things may not really be like this, but it's how I feel it is based on my exposures, which I admit isn't all that worldy or deep. Just your run-of-the-mill middle-class suburbia.