So, I was reading the latest entry by AmbyrJayde, like I'm sure many of you already have, when I realized that I do have a point which is...well, kind of on-topic.

I go to a high school where the population is about half black, half caucasian. And you'd think that would be cool, because it shows how far we've come in society--to a place where there's truly a balance within public schooling and other settings, as far as black people and white people are concerned.

However--although I want to make it very clear that I realize the black community has gone through serious trials and still see the repercussions today--there is still an offset, but not in the direction you'd think.

I haven't very often heard any racist comments from any of the white kids at school. There are a select few who do tend to offend as such, but...most of what I hear in response to innocent commentary is simply upsetting.

Instead of the black people having racism used against them...it has been used against me, and at least a few others I know. The world is so sensitive towards black people that now anything any other race could say about black people is considered "racist," even though what I've heard is moreso an attack on a person, not a race.

And it's disgusting, how this has turned into such a touchy subject. Not everyone is going to like what I have to say, but I know I have reason, because seeing a white kid get called "cracker" isn't right, period. It's not right when people of the same race are able to call each other "the n word" (which I seriously am not comfortable using in an argument, even, sorry if that seems immature), because where's the line then? Where does the term turn into something that doesn't degrade, and doesn't hurt, and should there really be a line? It's not a good word. Words like this...they're tabooed by society with reason.

...And it's not right when I have to watch people yell at others just because they don't think we're also taking racist shit all the time. White people ARE discriminated against. I have no problem with celebrating holidays within, mainly for, or caused by the black community. It's fine, because I realize that holidays are there for a reason.

I don't have a problem with people teaching what kids need to know. Discrimination is a bad thing to do. We need to know the mistakes of those who came before us, and how those mistakes were overcome. We need to give people a chance to celebrate who they are.

So, no. I'm not proud to be white. I think that's stupid. Why should I be proud to be something a blind person wouldn't be able to fully grasp? Nah. I'm proud to be Irish. We had a struggle when we first came to America, and even before then! And I'm proud to be Native American. They were massacred and traded in for nothing more than slaves to the English, right up until they lost value. The culture is amazing. I'm proud to be German, DESPITE Nazism, because the culture aside from that terrible ordeal is so interesting. I'm proud to be French (I don't know what the hell happened to the French. o.o;;)! I'm proud to be English!

I'm proud because of where my people have been, and what they went through to give me a better life. I'm proud because of the strength they had, and the culture I inherited, and all the little pieces that came together in my puzzle.

And so at the same time, I think that's as far as black pride should have to go. We're all just shades of tan. What's the difference? What makes one culture go beyond regular pride?

I have to question this. And I know there's a difference because there's still a struggle.

And yet. It seems as though there have been boundaries overstepped on both sides.

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