[quote name="SgtRey" post="795306" timestamp="1272386667"] I'm i tears :'( :'( :'(....that was beautiful....just kidding...(Sgt Jerk)...lol. ;D :D Seriously, good posts by all.... IMO I hate to say, but I belive race is still an issue...it is NOT quite as public as it use to be in the 1900's....IMO, society has twisted and reversed the racial publicity to favor "Minoritys"...... Example: The electrical contractor from this site that was not considered by the school board, with a 300k contract, instead it was awarded to a black electrical contractor for 4 times the amount at 1.2 mil.... Nobody has said anything about this to the public, i.e. CNN, FOX, etc.... As a "minority", ...hmmm, maybe that's the problem...we have developed a classification for the color of people's skin, whether or not eyes are slanted, accents, American Indian(are you serious?)...the "American Indian are probably more American than anyone in this hemisphere, yet we refer to them as minority. If you were born here, then you are an american....PERIOD!!....Oh, but now I want to apply for a Job...now I am Hispanic (Where's Hispania at?)...I am no longer an American....I served 8 yrs in the Armed service....but labeled as a minority....I am an American citizen, but catagorized as a hispanic, or Mexican American...we created those lines of ethnic diversity by allowing us to maintain all these catagories....I can understand male and female, and even that to an extent...you want to stop this racism back and forth...don't segregate everyone into classifications....I'd prfer we rank our society like the military...atleast then you'd respect the rank and not be so into how many minorities MUST we promote this year to meet quota... This has weakend our Country more than anything....I mean raise your hand if you were born if you participated in Slavery,the Alamo, were a Slave,any of the Indian wrs...Battle of Chapultepec, ...how many time have you visited your "mother land"( like I said I dont know anything about hispania)...can an African American tell me about what part of Africa they are from??? How about the White guys from Caucasia? NOW...all these races....try this...tell me about where you were born...your favorite NFL team...your school, your favorite place to shop...all these things will have one thing in common....THE UNITED STATES of AMERICA....We are AMERCAN. and of course...there is the freedom of speech.... that feels like it doesn't have very much freedom anymore because .....this is what we have limited our society to....I may be Sgt Jerk....but I believe this hit home to someone other than my crazy A__.... [/quote] GREAT POST, AWESOME!!! One of the best ever on this site regarding these issues. Would love to see SFA85's rubbuttal.