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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For the past 5 years or so, our country has been going backwards. More division, more separation, and it's generally applauded and welcomed. Whenever somebody creates a new event or program for one race or ethnicity, it is held up in the name of "diversity" when it's actually segregation. I just don't get it. [/quote]

Backwards since Obama became president.[/quote]

Yes, Whites somehow think the racial relations have gotten worse.  Most POC would say that because the POTUS was a POC, Whites had to deal with race more often and, thus, to them it appears that way.  Whites used to have the option of dealing with race when they wanted to instead of having to read and hear about it all the time.  POC have always had to deal with it so I cannot say things have gotten worse or better.  I did not have the option of being oblivious.  As a POC, I will say that I want to be treated fairly and I want my kids to be afforded the same opportunities.  Yet, I am a POC, I am proud of it and I do not want to abandon my own traditions in the guise of integration.  Whites seem to think that being pro-POC is being anti-White.  They also seem to be hurt that POC don't want to be "integrated" in ALL aspects of life - ignoring that EXCLUSION of POC is why these traditions evolved in the first place.

People, these ceremonies are not some statement against White people.  It is the celebration of accomplishment and shared experience of being a POC at a PWI.  Interestingly enough, my DD attended a HBCU professional school.  The 20 or so White students in her class had an end of the year dinner just for them - no one batted an eye. [/quote]

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