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| quote: | Originally posted by Scottaculous
Your examples offer some clear-cut evidence on how being the minority group may have it's advantages. The advantages of being the majority group in modern society is more subtle and by far outweights the advantages of the minority. Let's remember, you and your peers may not be discriminant but a great number of people are. Pres. Bush for all his faults was still voted back into office because 51% of my country's citizen saw it fit to vote him back. Maybe 10% of my friends voted for him. The same can be applied to discrimination. Because of lawsuits, discrimination isn't as obvious than a few decades ago but it still exists on society as a whole. |
The disadvantages of minority groups are often misunderstood by the masses, so you often find a backlash when these groups are given preferential treatment.
For example, in Australia many people complain about the unfair treatment of Aboriginals because they appear to get preferential treatment. Essentially it goes along the lines that this ethnic group are known for low rates of employment, high rates of crime and imprisonment, high levels of Government spending and wasted money.
Many people in the cities fail to understand just how difficult it is to lead a quality life as an Indigenous person in this country because of the large amount of social problems, alcohol and sexual abuse and so on that kids do not get a fair chance to make a name for themselves. The reverse side is that if an Aboriginal child wants to have a go he or she will get paid more than other children to attend school, get special entry into University, ease into a Government job after they graduate and generally get well looked after.
I'm not offering an opinion on the above matter, but I have spent enough time to examine both sides of the argument and know that the balance between justified assistance and abuse.
But on the other hand things can change. For a long time women have been a minority group of sorts as society has shifted from women being housewives to carving out careers of their own, and its difficult to access whether females as a whole are still a minority group. When you look at politics and high level business you could easily form the view that women are still disadvantaged, but when you understand that women are the dominant gender in the social aspect of today's lives, especially in regards to child custody, dating and divorce.
Call me a bastard but I believe that everybody takes control of their own lives, and I don't care much for excuses. There is always an excuse why you can't do something. People can bitch all you like about disadvantages, unfairness, discrimination, but at the end of the day they could be spending that time realising their dreams. It might be harder for members of a certain ethnic or demographic group to get where they want to be, but at the end of the day its your life and if you wish to be content making excuses then that works, and if you give it your best shot it will work better.
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