Sometimes I stop and wonder how we got where we are as a nation. A police officer has to stop and think about pulling a car over that is weaving all over the road with no tags if he happens to notice that the driver inside is black or Hispanic out of fear that he will lose his job simply for DOING his job because all the driver has to say is "Its because I'm black" or "Its because I'm Mexican". The double standard is what confuses the hell out of me...How many white guys do you ever hear of that are pulled over by black cops or cops with the last name of Jurez or Lopez and claim that they were pulled over because they are white? He'd be laughed out of court. The double standard. The same double standard that allows us to have a United Negro College Fund but not a United Caucasian College Fund (Of course not! That would be RACIST!) The same double standard that makes it okay to have a Miss Black America pageant but labels a Miss White America pageant racist. The same double standard that permits a Black History Month but would never allow a White History Month. The same standard that makes it politically incorrect to take a second look at a group of middle eastern Muslims who are attempting to board an American bound flight. You know what? Maybe the problem with this country IS political correctness. Maybe when we drop the labels of African American, Mexican American and just concentrate on being Americans with some level of common sense, things will change... As for me, someone once referred to me as Ann Coulter's less politically correct little sister...Perhaps the greatest compliment I ever received.
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