FAIRNESS FOR ALL

A white colleague once complimented me for always standing up for minorities. And I do.  However, what she failed to realize, and this she was told, is that I stand up for those who are disenfranchised or treated unfairly.  It so happens that racial and ethnic minorities in this society are more likely to be oppressed; and that is why one may get the erroneous impression that I “only” stand up for minorities. 

Equity is everybody’s business!  I refuse to be stereotyped; I too want to discuss the problems of “nuclear proliferation…”  Heck, I always believed Linda Chavez was a jerk, Clarence Thomas a Tom, the "birthers" are racists, and that O.J. was guilty!  I have gotten in trouble with more militant Black and Latino colleagues for supporting whites when, in my judgment, they are in the right.  My definition of fairness goes across the board.  I also believe in first looking in my own backyard and not ignoring the sty in my own eye.