Cultural Diversity In America...

So I'm enrolled in a required class this semester called Cultural Diversity in America. Going into it, I figured it was going to be a liberal rant about how oppressed minorities in America are. WELL, I was right. 100%. Today we watched a video entitled "What's Race got to do with it?" Basically, it was a group of students at UC/Berkeley of all different races coming together to discuss racism in America. It ended up being a sob story about how unfortunate it is to be a minority in America. And people pay money for this kind of stuff. wow.

I see myself as a very open minded individual. I'm certainly NOT racist. Or I didn't think I was. According to this video, I am.

http://newsreel.org/video/WHATS-RACE-GOT-TO-DO-WITH-IT
PLEASE go watch this. You will understand the entirety of my rant.
Maybe I took the wrong approach to this entire video, but it definitely seemed to me that the two white girls were demonized for being white.

I honestly don't think anybody has it so bad off that they are entitled to complain about it to the world. Everybody was dealt a card, but the beautiful thing about America is the fact that any individual can reach the place they want to be with effort on their part. Look at Barack Obama. Born to a single mother and raised in a less than desirable neighborhood, he worked hard and now is the leader of the free world. I totally admire him for that. Being black didn't seem to hold him back from that. Race shouldn't hold anyone back. Act like the person you want to be, not how someone profiles you. We've always heard that it doesn't matter what other people think, so true! Anyone can be anything they want to be! But it requires effort! This entitlement mentality doesn't achieve dreams. Only hard work and dedication will get you to the place that you want to be!

The thing that really got me about this video was the fact that a few of these students unloaded the fault of racism on the white students, like it was somehow personally their fault that racism still existed. But while they did that they continued to categorize themselves!! One kid, David, was born to Mexican parents and lived in a poor neighborhood. Understandable, but he kept referring to himself and the Mexican population as "his people", as if they were set apart. News flash buddy, you are an American citizen! We are ALL your people. That is another wonderful thing about America. Our ancestors (near or distant) came to America. People can retain their identities and cultures, but they become Americans. Americans are their people. No one is categorizing them but themselves. You are an American, which makes you a majority in America. Not a minority. Crazy I know.

There are many other aspects of this video that I could go on about, but watch it. You can come up with your own rants that probably closely resemble mine.

Thanks for listening to the latest rant. Maybe a happier topic next time! Please follow my page! I would love it.
much love!
Abbs