Letter: Dividing prevents inclusion progress

Lincoln Duff

Well, I guess we’re a virus now. No longer can us ‘white’ people be successful without being held with contempt and scrutiny for our race. Instead it seems that despite the fact the ‘white race’ is not a protected class, we must apologize for the jobs and possessions we have earned.

In what world would it ever be acceptable to ask a minority or woman to justify their success due to their race or gender? No other race is asked to do this, and not only is this an unfair burden to have put on us but it also is inherently divisive.

How on earth can anyone expect hatred and bigotry to end if those who purport to want to end it use it themselves in the name of change? It seems that somehow racial equality movements no longer care about gaining equal rights for all people, regardless of color or creed, but instead are focused around punishing white people for our oppressive reign over the minorities.

It’s unfathomable to me that a group that says it promotes equality and togetherness looks first to the things that separate us instead. It’s unfortunate that us white parasites cannot do the same, as we don’t have minority privilege. And we whites can’t ask people if they have ‘minority privilege’ without being looked at as though we’re bigoted racists? Can whites question the validity of one’s earnings and property of minorities? I don’t think so; we’d be laughed out of town.

It seems that minority groups such as Latinos United for a Change have decided that the best way to promote equality in America is to go their own counter-offensive built on divisive rhetoric. Are there unfair biases due to race in America? Absolutely. But just as we don’t ask smart people to fail tests so that those who didn’t study do better, we should not ask white people to live in a state of constant self-incrimination due to race.

I see no solutions coming from minority groups like LUCHA, only blaming and hatred toward white folks. It is inhumane to ask a race to divert earnings and property to other races just to rectify the sins that happened in the past, yet this is the exact set of policies that social justice groups look to enact.

This sort of thinking is backward focused and will only cause a greater schism among the many races within our country. Is it surprising then that with these programs on the rise we have seen the greatest animosity between races in decades? Perhaps when we have destroyed one another sufficiently, then we will be able to resolve our issues. Until then, groups that support division will continue to struggle with reality, and white people will be encumbered by their logical fallacies.