William Joyce said:
Merlin, are you a white person? If so, what do you think the future holds for our people in the United States? Do you think life will be BETTER when we are in the MINORITY? Please think about this and give a serious answer, please.
William, they don't get any whiter than me. Matter of fact, I'm a member of the so-called "master race" - you know, Adolf's boys. I was born in Germany in 1947. Both parents were German citizens. My mother divorced when I was three and re-married a little over two years later to an American. I came to this country for the first time at age six.
I will tell you this in all honesty - I don't worry about becoming a minority. One of the advantages of being an Army brat is that one gets to see many parts of the world and meet a great many people. You learn that, for the most part, people are a lot alike.
A few months before my 19th birthday I joined the Army and spent eight years on active duty. Again, an advantage of being in the service is that one is exposed to all races. During two tours in the RVN, I routinely put my life unquestioningly into the hands of black men and they placed their lives in my trust. No one ever let anyone down. I know black men who would have died rather than allow me to come to harm and I would have sacrificed myself if need be to protect them. During 17 years in the Army National Guard - in Alabama, no less - I worked with black men and women. There were certainly some who were lazy and incompetent. But not any more than you would find in any cross-section of whites. And we managed to get along just fine, thank you.
The impression I have gained from reading your posts is that you base your opinion of minorities largely on the fallout from affirmative action. That program has both good and bad in it. The good is that affirmative action was the push which HAD TO BE DONE in order to integrate minorities into the mainstream of American society. To that extent, it appears to be showing some positive results. The down side of affirmative action was that it discriminated against whites who were in no way responsible for the condition of minorities. It also placed many minorities into jobs for which they were almost totally unqualified. As a result, they fell flat on their faces or performed poorly for a long time before finally coming up to speed.
The time for affirmative action is, in my opinion, past. Now we simply need to enforce existing statutes against racial discrimination. Minorities have been given the boost they deserved, now it's time for them to perform on their own.
The likes of Jesse Jackson and "Grease Pig" Sharpton are anachronisms which the black community in America must repudiate. You are right to point out the reverse-discrimination that occurs in our nation today. It too, must end. I tire of hearing garbage about continued preferences and quotas, to say nothing of "reparations". The time has come for whites to stand up and demand to know when will enough be enough.
But, having said that, let me conclude with my personal situation. I am currently the supervisor for a faculty which provides instruction at the US Army's helicopter flight training school at Ft Rucker, AL. I have the privelige of working with several black instructors who are every bit as competent, conscientious and intelligent as any honkie on the premises. I consider them not only my employees, but my friends.
So no, I don't fear becoming a minority. I believe that the those currently considered "minorities" will step up and shoulder their share of the load whenever they become the majority. And I certainly won't lose any sleep over the prospect. And neither should you.
