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Title: The Hidden Massive Racial Discrimination in America against Whites
Source: www.davidduke.com
URL Source: http://www.davidduke.com/general/th ... t-goes-on-in-america_7407.html
Published: Jan 30, 2009
Author: Dr. David Duke
Post Date: 2009-01-31 04:36:31 by Liberate Jim Traficant
Keywords: David Duke, anti-White Discrimination, Affirmative Action, www.davidduke.com
Views: 2216
Comments: 50

The main argument for affirmative action is that institutions should reflect racial percentages of population, if not there must be de facto racial discrimination. Here is the breakdown of students by race at America's premier university, Obama's alma mater, Harvard. Even though non-Jewish White Americans are almost 70 percent of the population and on average score much higher on entrance exams, they are only about 22 percent of the Harvard student body. So what race is really the victim of racial discrimination? For those who are truly dedicated to stopping racial discrimination, what are you going to do about this massive discrimination, or does it not matter to you because White people happen to be the victims?

The hidden, massive racial discrimination that goes on in America against White people!

A U.S. Government study offers proof that European Americans face massive institutional racial discrimination that affects millions of the most talented and educated of our people

Commentary by Dr. David Duke -- As most of you know, the term "white supremacist" has become literally a prefix of my name when I am in the news. It is the media's way to condition readers not to pay attention to what I say because I am a "white supremacist." The truth is I am not a White supremacist, and I seek no supremacy or control over any people, but I do demand that the rights of people of European descent to be respected as much as any other people's rights.

The fact is that in the United States of America, Canada, the UK in many areas of Europe Whites face a powerful state-sanctioned, and often mandated, racial discrimination against White people who are better-qualified than their non-White counterparts. It may be surprising to some reading this, but millions of discriminated against Whites are often poorer and who face more difficult social situations than many of their non-White counterparts who are being given preference over them.

It also affects the most talented of our people. Many Whites are under the mistaken impression that the White victims of racial discrimination are mostly from the low income and low IQ sectors of the population. Nothing could be further from the truth. In actuality, the percentages of Whites who are victims of racial discrimination are much higher in the sectors of the White population with the highest intelligence and greatest abilities. The facts are shocking, but true.

Most people know that most universities have programs of admittance that give less-qualified minorities preference over better-qualified Whites. Almost all of the Fortune 500 largest corporations have affirmative action and diversity programs that discriminate against White people, both male and female, in hiring. They also have programs of discrimination that favor non-Whites in promotions and advancement. This is true in the academic area as well. You can look at almost any academic department of any American university and you will see in place a strong racial bias for "minorities" in preface over Whites in hiring and advancement. Whether you are talking about a university History, English or Math department in almost any university these policies are in place and powerful. These racial discriminatory policies are real, and they can be easily proven to exist. But, now we thanks to a government study, there is even a more powerful way to show their real impact on tens of millions of White Americans.

The brilliant economist and author whose pen name is Yggdrasil has compiled the data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY) 1979, which was a massive study conducted for the U.S. Department of Labor contacted 155,000 families to obtain a representative sample by race, IQ, income, education and other factors to see how remedial efforts for minorities were doing. 12,686 survey participants were to be interviewed each year, of which 11,914 took the AQFT test - an IQ test with a very high "g" loading. The income, education and net worth charts deal only with the group which completed the test and then were tracked over time. The charts use the AQFT89 percentile scores, considered by experts to be the most psychometrically accurate.

It was done after the installation of so called "affirmative action" programs which gave preference to non-White groups over whites. The NLSY study is meant to follow this huge sampling for their entire lives to see how diversity is working out for America. The data is from this ongoing study is tangible proof of the horrendous level of racial discrimination going on against White people. I will link you to Yggdrasil's fine paper in a moment, but let me first give you a couple of snippets from his work that proves the existence of massive racial discrimination going on against our people.

Here is a chart showing the ethnic breakdown of the most prestigious university in the United States of America: Harvard. America's premier university is extremely expensive (unless you receive special grants and scholarships) and a degree from it just about guarantees its graduates the best paid and prestigious jobs America has to offer.

Affirmative action advocates have long said the companies or institutions that don't reflect the actual racial population percentages are de facto racist and discriminatory. So what is the situation at Harvard, non-Jewish Whites who are about 70 pecent of the American population are only about 22 percent of the Harvard student body.

One should first consider the fact that Whites are represented in the top two percentile level on college admission tests on an average that is a 5 times higher rate than non-White groups. If one then factors in the fact that Whites are also 70 percent of the population, there should be at least 25 times more Whites who would be better qualified than the non-White students currently at Harvard. But even though these Whites are the best and brightest America has to offer they are limited to only 20 percent of Harvard students! Such is nothing more than blatant, racial discrimination. Another interesting fact one can gleam from this chart and many in the NLSY studies that Jewish over-representation is not based simply on the fact that Jews have a high intelligence, they often do twice as well as their intelligence bracket would indicate. Such would suggest the intra-tribal support system for group cohesion and advancements aids their success rate.

The NLSY data also shows how incomes today in the USA correlate with race and intelligence. Let's take a look NLSY tracking studies of intelligent White women, these are White women in the 90 to 97 percent IQ bracket as compared to Black women in that same high 90 to 97 percent IQ bracket. The average Black females of that IQ level earned an average of approximately $54,000 per year through 1996, whereas White females on the same IQ level earned only half of that amount, about $28,000 per year through 1996.

When White women in the same intelligent bracket of Black women earn half of the average amount that the Black women do, that's real racial discrimination.

I am not referring here to a few White women who are at least equally qualified but getting half the salary that Black women do, I am talking about the average White women in America! The NLSY is a big enough sample that reflects the whole nation. In fact it is meant to. The average White woman of high intelligence earns one-half of what Black women do of the same intelligence!

I obviously don't like this racial discrimination against our people. Neither does the economist Yggdrasil. We advocate that the best person regardless of race gets whatever college admission or job or promotion their abilities dictate. We have no fear of how well our people will do on a fair playing field. Because we stand for true civil rights, human rights in the matter, we are called racists, and the real capper: "white supremacists."

There are many people in America and around the world who are ignorant of the facts of anti-White racial discrimination. The media acts like it doesn't exist. Even after the election of an affirmative action African-American President, America is still painted as an anti-Black racist country. The truth is that European Americans are facing racial discrimination in the very institutions and nation that our forefathers created. Our movement is truly a liberation movement like any other in the world that strives for a people to free and live in society of our own values rather than oppressive society imposed upon us.

We are not racists or supremacists trying to deny the rights of others.

We are human rights activists defending our people's rights and heritage.

--Dr. David Duke

Here is the link for Yggdrasil's great article complete with his powerful charts that show the racial discrimination going on against our people. Let this truth go out to America and to the world! (2 images)

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#8. To: Jethro Tull (#6)

Who are these Diversity people you speak of, and what specifically gives them this designation?

www.mindexchange.com/diversity. htm

What specifically gives them this designation?

Legally and practically, the federal government, where federal government agencies codify the definition of diversity.

The origin of Diversity terminology appears to be centered in state-sponsored college ethnic, queer, and gender study departments. The leaders of Diversity use college focus groups to develop new ideas for AA legislation.

Googolplex  posted on  2009-02-01   9:42:14 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#9. To: Jethro Tull (#6)

Who are these Diversity people you speak of.....

www.mindexchange.com/diversity. htm

By the way, I've posted the above link probably over 100 times already on this forum. I had hoped that at least one person would have clicked the link out of curiousity.

I realize David Duke would never click the link, because he doesn't appear to be particularly bright with his futile and moronic attempts to convince white women to give up their legal privileges, but I had hope for others on the forum.

Googolplex  posted on  2009-02-01   10:03:42 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#10. To: Googolplex (#9) (Edited)

I clicked on your link before I posted. I still have no idea what a Diversity people are. Some creation of the FedGov? For what purpose is this designation? and why should I care?

Jethro Tull  posted on  2009-02-01   10:29:48 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#11. To: Liberate Jim Traficant (#0)

www.mindexchange.com/diversity. htm

Easy-step instructions for understanding Diversity, the beneficiaries of AA.

1. grasp mouse

2. move mouse pointer to hover on the diversity link provided above

3. left click once - do not double click!

4. read information at the link

5. contemplate the information provided

6. laugh at David Duke (optional)

Googolplex  posted on  2009-02-01   10:38:41 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#12. To: Jethro Tull (#10) (Edited)

Diversity people are the vast majority of voters in the US and Israel.

Diversity is a secular victim cult.

www.mindexchange.com/diversi ty.htm#aa

Diversity people are the beneficiaries of AA.

The title article is about AA.

Click on the "Diversity: Affirmative Action/EEO" link that is at the top of the page. Read all of the information at the provided links.

Look, I can't spoon-feed this stuff. There's a point where people have to help themselves.

Googolplex  posted on  2009-02-01   10:46:22 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#13. To: Jethro Tull (#10)

It's very simple.

White women are a humongous voting block in the US. On the order of 40% of all voters. How white women vote determines the outcome of national elections.

White women overwhelmingly approve of all of the following AA-inspired legal privileges provided by Uncle Sugar....

1. Abortion on demand, legalized and taxpayer funded

2. sexual harrasment law

3. set-aside contracts for woman-owned companies

4. hiring preferences

5. equal pay for equal work laws

6. rape shield law

7. no selective service registration

8. Title X Family Planning Program

9. Title IX educational benefits

10.Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (VAWA)

11.Universal health care

I know you don't believe me. Ask your wife her opinion of every AA legal privilege listed above. Ask her if she favors it and post the answers here.

Googolplex  posted on  2009-02-01   11:02:24 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#14. To: Jethro Tull (#10) (Edited)

The first legislation that Barak Obama signed into law eliminated the time limitation for women to sue employers for sexual discrimination.

Why do you suppose he did that? Could it be because it's a pay-off to women for voting the right way?

David Duke is trying to convince white women to forego big government legal privileges such as this. Duke is trying to convince white women that they are hurt and victimized by AA policies.

David Duke is a delusional idiot.

Googolplex  posted on  2009-02-01   11:23:50 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#15. To: Googolplex (#12)

Gee thanks, who knew?

Duke has it about right from what I see.

Feckless whites need to grow a set and tell these multicolored POS to take a long walk off a short pier.

Now, grab the keys to your car and drive to the middle of Brooklyn for a true experience in Diversity. It's one that I grew up in, and that life experience makes silly links a waste of precious time.

Can I get an amen?

Jethro Tull  posted on  2009-02-01   11:33:54 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#16. To: Jethro Tull (#15) (Edited)

Duke has it about right from what I see.

Why do you believe that white women are hurt by AA policies?

Why would you believe that white women would forego AA policies in favor of white nationalism, whatever the heck that might be?

Like it or not, white women are members of Diversity, they get lotsa AA benefits, they obviously like the benefits because they vote for them, and white women are around 40% of all voters in the US.

You don't need to drive around Brooklyn to see Diversity....you can see Diversity at home. Your white wife and girlfriend are Diversity. If you have a black girlfriend, she is Diversity too. If you have an intimate boyfriend, you and he are Diversity.

Can I get a hallaluah and amen too?

Googolplex  posted on  2009-02-01   11:45:41 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#17. To: Googolplex (#16)

Why do you believe that white women are hurt by AA policies?

Well, AA is reverse discrimination, and in many cases it rewards otherwise unqualified people with positions that should go to the best and brightest, rather than the darkest and most perverse.

Jethro Tull  posted on  2009-02-01   12:03:16 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#18. To: Googolplex, Jethro Tull (#14)

Duke is trying to convince white women that they are hurt and victimized by AA policies.

ALL people are hurt and victimized by AA policies..

There I fixed it for you..

Lady X  posted on  2009-02-01   12:08:06 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#19. To: Lady X (#18)

ALL people are hurt and victimized by AA policies..

Yes they are. And within AA there exists subdivisions. I'm thinking most would agree that between a white female candidate, and a black one, the black would receive better treatment on the Diversity scale. That's probably Duke's broader point, and it's simply common sense.

Jethro Tull  posted on  2009-02-01   12:17:55 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#20. To: Jethro Tull (#19)

I'm thinking most would agree that between a white female candidate, and a black one, the black would receive better treatment on the Diversity scale.

Word.

Lady X  posted on  2009-02-01   12:21:13 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#21. To: Lady X (#18) (Edited)

ALL people are hurt and victimized by AA policies..

There I fixed it for you..

Total, absolute, delusional, nonsense.

The majority of white women want AA abortion on demand, and they want it guaranteed and funded by big government. This is a fact. If you are trying to argue here that most women are too stupid to understand the implications of their elective decisions, be my guest.

In fact, I've seen road signs that emphasize women are hurt by abortion. That's rich, considering who and what is actually killed in an abortion.

AA is not general welfare handouts. Welfare handouts are poverty based, and impoverished people are not designated members of American Diversity. Other than Medcaid, welfare is handled mostly by the individual states, and as such is not an issue of national contention or decision.

AA benefits specific people, Diversity people.

How exactly does AA hurt white women? Does AA make women less happy or less free?

In a democracy, people are free to vote their conscience, and Americans of the Diversity persuasion consistently vote for people that promote AA.

Exhibit A: Barak Obama.

Googolplex  posted on  2009-02-01   12:31:22 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#22. To: Lady X (#20) (Edited)

I'm thinking most would agree that between a white female candidate, and a black one, the black would receive better treatment on the Diversity scale.

It was a white woman that Obama heralded when he signed the unlimited time limit for claiming sexual discrimination legislation into law.

In any social hierarchy there is a pecking order.

The pecking order of Diversity in both the US and Israel has judaics being the top dog number 1.

The number 2 and 3 positions in the pecking order of Diversity are probably women and alternate lifestyle.

Blacks are probably number 4 in the pecking order of Diversity.

Googolplex  posted on  2009-02-01   12:40:57 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#23. To: Googolplex (#21)

I'm thinking with the abortion argument, you've left the diversity arena and stumbled into the feminist agenda. Apples and oranges.

Jethro Tull  posted on  2009-02-01   12:48:03 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#24. To: Jethro Tull (#23) (Edited)

I'm thinking with the abortion argument, you've left the diversity arena and stumbled into the feminist agenda. Apples and oranges.

Wrong. All women are feminist, to some degree.

In fact, NOW advertises itself as the feminist majority. It isn't just lesbians that support AoD, it's the majority of women.

AA is supposed to equalize the social standing between men and women. Women perceive AoD to be just one of many avenues to acheive equality with men.

Abortion on demand allows women to behave more like men....irresponsible, promiscuous, relatively healthier bodies, and free of family obligations.

Most women support abortion on demand, and they want it guaranteed by big government. They want AoD because they are victimized by men. Men make them pregnant, men hurt womens body by forcing them to bear children, men make more money than women making it more difficult for them to successfully raise children.

Googolplex  posted on  2009-02-01   13:01:26 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#25. To: Googolplex (#24)

What I said was feminism and diversity are different animals.

Jethro Tull  posted on  2009-02-01   13:05:41 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#26. To: Jethro Tull (#25) (Edited)

What I said was feminism and diversity are different animals.

You're wrong again. Diversity is victim cultism. Feminism is female specific victim cultism.

Feminism is the philosophy of a women-specific victim cult.

Diversity is victim cultism in general.

US Diversity includes........

Women victim cult - Feminism philosophy...men oppress women!

Black victim cult

Jewish victim cult

Alternate Lifestyle victim cult

Disabled victim cult

Hispanic victim cult

Native American victim cult

Asian victim cult

Really, this stuff is all fairly simple to understand. There is no rocket science here, whatsoever.

This stuff is so simple to understand, I am surprised that anyone can't grasp it.

Googolplex  posted on  2009-02-01   13:26:20 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#27. To: Googolplex (#26)

Diversity is victim cultism. Feminism is female specific victim cultism.

You make my point with your first sentence.

Jethro Tull  posted on  2009-02-01   13:32:13 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#28. To: Jethro Tull (#27) (Edited)

You make my point with your first sentence.

Feminism is female Diversity (victim cultism), a subset of Diversity.

Care to explain why feminism is not a subset of Diversity?

www.mindexchange.com/dive rsity.htm#women

In fact, if you click the Diversity link I have posted over a hundred times, you will find multiple sublinks to feminist organizations, including NOW.

I cannot spoon feed you everything. Somethings you are going to have to discover on your own.

Googolplex  posted on  2009-02-01   13:36:50 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#29. To: Googolplex (#24)

Most women support abortion on demand, and they want it guaranteed by big government. They want AoD because they are victimized by men. Men make them pregnant, men hurt womens body by forcing them to bear children, men make more money than women making it more difficult for them to successfully raise children.

Do you concur ?

4um Traitor
"If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your counsel nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains rest lightly upon you and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen.”—Samuel Adams

Rotara  posted on  2009-02-01   13:41:03 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#30. To: Rotara (#29)

They want AoD because they are victimized by men. Men make them pregnant, men hurt womens body by forcing them to bear children.

This is how most women think.

I don't think this way because I am not a woman.

Women, the feminist majority, vote according to their concience.

I believe most women believe they are victimized by men.

Pregnancy and birth can make a womans body structurally weaker. This is a medical fact.

Googolplex  posted on  2009-02-01   13:50:42 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#31. To: Googolplex (#30)

This is how most women think.

I don't think this way because I am not a woman.

Women, the feminist majority, vote according to their concience.

I believe most women believe they are victimized by men.

Pregnancy and birth can make a womans body structurally weaker. This is a medical fact.

You're a hoot, G.

4um Traitor
"If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your counsel nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains rest lightly upon you and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen.”—Samuel Adams

Rotara  posted on  2009-02-01   13:54:48 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#32. To: Liberate Jim Traficant (#0)

Harvard sucks so who cares?

God is always good!

RickyJ  posted on  2009-02-01   13:59:20 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#33. To: Rotara (#31)

Is there anything specific I've written you take issue with?

Actually, I don't oppose abortion-on-demand; I oppose agents of totalitarian central government providing it as a payoff to the majority of voters.

Abortion law is a state and local government issue, and should not be an issue of national importance or arbitration.

Googolplex  posted on  2009-02-01   14:04:21 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#34. To: Googolplex (#33)

Is there anything specific I've written you take issue with?

Your own words betray you.

No need to go on, I have no interest.

4um Traitor
"If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your counsel nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains rest lightly upon you and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen.”—Samuel Adams

Rotara  posted on  2009-02-01   14:12:47 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#35. To: Googolplex (#28)

One has a top heavy racial component and the other is more gender based.

Jethro Tull  posted on  2009-02-01   15:03:07 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#36. To: Turtle (#1)

If these colleges were really intersted in getting smart kids in, they go to every high school in the nation and give a free scholarship to any kid with an IQ of 120 and above.

MY IQ is above 120 and no one ever offered me any scholarship because of it.

Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end.
Lord Acton

James Deffenbach  posted on  2009-02-01   15:28:53 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#37. To: Lady X (#18)

ALL people are hurt and victimized by AA policies..

Yes indeed. Of course it hurts the more qualified white people who are excluded simply because they are white but it also hurts blacks who maybe could have made it without AA but are seen to have "gotten over" because of their color, not their intellect or work ethic.

Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end.
Lord Acton

James Deffenbach  posted on  2009-02-01   15:32:42 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#38. To: Jethro Tull (#35)

Affirmative Action for women....

www.now.org/issues/affirm/t alking.html

This information is very easy to find and verify, so it's a mystery to me why it needs to be spoon-fed.

Googolplex  posted on  2009-02-05   18:29:26 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#39. To: Jethro Tull, Googolplex, Rotara (#15)

Duke has it about right from what I see.

Yes, but, ultimately, you cannot address race without also addressing feminism.

Yes, white women of high intelligence make less than their black counterparts; but why should they be making money in the first place?

Individually, of course, white women may benefit from affirmative action, relative to white men. The connection is intimate.

The question then is, are white women net beneficiaries -- in the context of the childish feminist value system held by many, even most of them? Probably so.

Does Duke have to address this? I don't think so, necessarily. Maladaption will cure itself, one generation of kids -- or not having kids -- at a time.

Erectus Walks Amongst Us

Prefrontal Vortex  posted on  2009-02-05   19:10:26 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#40. To: Prefrontal Vortex (#39) (Edited)

Davy Duke is trying to convince white women to voluntarily forego all the legal privileges they have demanded from big government, including Affirmative Action and abortion on demand, in exchange for white nationalism.

I'd bet Davy couldn't convince his own wife to give away these legal privileges, let alone the majority of white women. Mrs. Duke doesn't have to reveal to Davy-boy she really supports all these legal privileges, because the national voting process is a secret ballot.

Davy is left playing the race card, claiming black women benefit more from Affirmative Action than do white women. He can't even prove this idea, let alone convince his wife to forego feminist privileges in general. He has to rely on a cooked analysis done by another white nationalist using the pseudonym of Yggdrissil.

Googolplex  posted on  2009-02-06   6:05:29 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#41. To: IndieTX (#4)

What delusional world are you from?

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aff irmative_action

Are white women beneficiaries of Affirmative Action?

Yes or no?

Are there more white women than black women in the US?

Yes or no?

If you answer honestly and accurately, your un-worldly delusions will be resolved.

Check the Affirmative Action link included at the top. Smash your delusions and be a better person!

Googolplex  posted on  2009-02-06   6:30:22 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#42. To: Jethro Tull (#25)

Affirmative Action is a whole lot more than who gets to go to college....

www.feminist.org/other/cc ri/aafact1.html

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aff irmative_action

en.w ikipedia.org/wiki/Aff...tion_in_the_United_States

I know this is spoon-feeding, but it appears to be necessary.

Googolplex  posted on  2009-02-06   8:13:14 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#43. To: Googolplex (#42)

To continue with tedium.....

Feminism isn't restricted to females, whereas affirmative action is restricted to minorities.

Again, apples and oranges, with both sucking hard.

Jethro Tull  posted on  2009-02-06   8:26:44 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#44. To: Prefrontal Vortex (#39)

Yes, but, ultimately, you cannot address race without also addressing feminism.

If I were King, both would be in the dust bin of history yesterday. They're leftist programs used to divide, anger and further alienate white males.

Jethro Tull  posted on  2009-02-06   8:29:18 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#45. To: Jethro Tull (#43) (Edited)

Feminism isn't restricted to females - obviously wrong. Feminism is advocacy of legal privileges for women. The fact that some men are feminist too doesn't change the fundamental nature of feminism.

Affirmative action is restricted to minorities - wrong, demonstrated by the following link:www.feminist.org/other/cc ri/aafact1.html

You got anything else?

Googolplex  posted on  2009-02-06   8:35:23 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#46. To: Googolplex (#45) (Edited)

So we do agree.

Feminism isn't restricted to females - obviously wrong.

Men can be feminists too

Jethro Tull  posted on  2009-02-06   9:10:46 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#47. To: Googolplex (#45)

Feminism isn't restricted to females - obviously wrong.

Male feminists at Stanford plan anti-rape ribbon campaign


University Wire

10-17-2007

(The Stanford Daily) (U-WIRE) STANFORD, Calif. -- The White Ribbon Campaign might not sound very manly, but that's just the image Stanford University feminist group Men Against Violence is hoping to combat as it gears up for its first campus-wide event next month.

The creation of the group last spring came at a pivotal point in campus history. According to the 2007 Stanford Safety and Security Report, compiled by the Department of Public Safety, the number of reported rapes on campus jumped from zero in 2005 to nine in 2006.

However, Men Against Violence president Jesse Wallin and others agree that this statistic does not reflect an actual increase in the number of rapes, but an increase in groups that raise awareness.

"That higher number is because more outreach groups like MAV are starting to get out there so survivors know where they can go," Wallin said. "As students become aware of those resources, those numbers will unfortunately increase because they will begin to better reflect the nature of the problem.

"It's not likely that sexual assault itself is increasing on campus, but that understanding and awareness are becoming more accurate," he continued, adding that rape is the most statistically underreported violent crime.

Continuing this trend toward more frequent reporting of rape is one of the reasons that Wallin and the rest of the group, which consists of a core group of six to eight male students, will hold the White Ribbon Campaign next month.

The campaign was established in 1991 in response to the Ecole Polytechnique massacre in Canada on Dec. 6, 1989, when an anti-feminist gunman killed 14 women. During the campaign, which traditionally starts in late November and lasts until Dec. 6, wearing a white ribbon signifies opposition to violence against women.

However, because Dec. 6 falls in the middle of Dead Week at Stanford, MAV decided to hold the event earlier in November. The students plan to hand out the ribbons in White Plaza and hope to distribute at least 2,000 ribbons to men in the community.

"Some will grab them and walk on, but some will stop and talk to you about it," he said. "This is a great way to raise awareness about the issue, because often men are not aware that it exists or concerns them."

Wallin added that women are certainly welcome to stop and take ribbons as well.

"Women are absolutely our allies in this campaign," he said. "Plus, a woman may take a ribbon and give it to her friend or boyfriend, which is another great way that we can reach men, as most men won't get involved until they see that violence against women affects them in some way."

The group was founded last year by Wallin, a transfer student from the University of Michigan, where he was involved in a similar organization. According to Jessa Edra, a student intern at the Center for Relationship Abuse Awareness in Palo Alto, Wallin was "shocked" to find no such group at Stanford.

The group is "dedicated to the education of men on campus about how male socialization affects men's health and behavior, with a particular focus on issues of sexual assault and relationship abuse," according to its mission statement.

The all-male focus of Men Against Violence could draw criticism from groups who feel this takes the emphasis of the movement away from women's empowerment, Wallin acknowledged. He claimed, however, to have encountered nothing but support in the group's dealings with more traditional feminist groups on campus.

"While the majority of men don't commit acts of sexual assault or relationship abuse, most acts of sexual assault and relationship abuse are perpetrated by men," he said. "This unfortunate reality necessitates that men must become involved in the movement to end violence against women as our gender is primarily responsible for it even if we as individual men are not."

Wallin backed up this assertion with the statistic that, according to most studies, the vast majority of rapists are men, between 97 and 99.8 percent.

That's why, he said, it is so important for men to be involved in the issue of violence against women, which MAV's White Ribbon Campaign will highlight.

"It's not just a ribbon," he said. "It's a pledge not to commit, condone or remain silent about violence against women."

Jethro Tull  posted on  2009-02-06   9:19:41 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#48. To: Googolplex (#40)

Now don't be dissin' the Ygg.

Erectus Walks Amongst Us

Prefrontal Vortex  posted on  2009-02-06   10:13:29 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  



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