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There's no denying the fact that white people treated other races unfairly, that's saying the very least. For years white, Christian, people used religion, sweeping generalization and all out bigotry to swindle, steal, enslave and even kill every other race on Earth. It's sickening to even think that people would exclude and downright mistreat others because of skin colour and belief. I have many friends who are white and many who aren't, I don't favor one group in particular to the other because to me they're all friends of mine and as such, should be given equal treatment by me.

Of course if everyone thought like me there wouldn't be any problems in the world. Don't think for a second that racism is gone. New modern day stereotypes such as all black people are from the inner cities and all Arab people are terrorists have managed to cloud our ability to see the truth. You don't need me to tell you that not all black people come from inner cities or that not all terrorists are Muslims (Because you should already know that), what im talking about in this editorial has nothing to do with those stereotypes but with another one. Another, less common one, and it's about white people. Not every white person thinks the worst of other races.

Earlier this week I was hanging around a community center near my school, waiting for my ride home, when a man [I wont disclose his race] entered the building with his toddler son. What happened was the toddler was happily walking alongside his father when suddenly, the little guy lost his balance and fell on his butt, landing with a caught-off-guard, loud sounding "Ouch". So everyone within ear shot heard the child and (As anybody would do) poked their heads up to see the source of the noise. As the father stopped to help the child up he couldn't help but notice everyone (Mostly white people) looking at him and the child. The man picked up the child and said aloud "Take your eyes off me you bigots! I am not [Insert a popular negative stereotype of the race you had in mind]" With that the man walked out the building.

Most people were stunned, shocked, caught off guard. Two thoughts ran through my head: "1. That poor man, it must be hard to live under constant generalizations from the public around you." And "2. Wait a minute...that can work both ways." Compared to the entire population of Earth, white people make up a very small percentage of the population. The amount of Chinese people born in China and amount of Indians born in India, not even combined, easily dwarf the number of white people on the entire planet. I never liked the word minority because it has the word "minor" in it, meaning unimportant or minuscule...well how does it feel to all those white people knowing that they made up the word to describe non-white people...and now they're among the smallest members of a minority of people.

And thanks to our moronic forefathers, white people have been labeled as a judgmental, hateful people. Don't get me wrong, every other race on the planet has suffered a thousand times more than the problems white people have been labeled as being. The fact is that it's still racism. It's a negative image or idea of a group of people based on a poor history, bits and pieces of stretched truth and all around resentful feelings.

Every other race and culture in the world has suffered at the hands of white people; be it through slavery, bloodshed, demeaning propaganda or just plain scapegoat-ing. The blight that I speak of is surely the least important matter and I wouldn't be surprised if anyone who reads this thinks im trying to further malign other races (Wich im not). All Im saying is that racism works both ways. Just as it's wrong for a white person to accuse a black person as a thief, it's just as wrong for a black person to accuse a white person as being a snob.

As I said, compared to all the other negative stereotypes out there white people have a pretty tame one...but a negative stereotype is a negative stereotype. I don't think im better than everyone else and I don't automatically assume the worst of people based on my first glance... But I know im better than the people who do.



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Im no saint, but im enough of a gentleman to know how a woman should be treated. Im a firm believer in common coutasey and genorosity and yes, this this is the same guy who was so vocal about corporal punishment and open war. But here's something you probably didn't know about me: I host parties at my house, I take my little sisters to movies they'd like to see, I pay for nearly every meal...in short, im so generous that if I was in scouts I'd be rolling in the merrit badges.

What's my secret to success? I like making other people happy. It's my gift to the people I care about. If I can brighten up someone's day than why shouldn't I? Im not going to be some inconsiderate bastard when one of my close friends is down in the dumps, and only a heartless person would rather see their friends in misery and pain than having a good time. If I were to die tommorow I'd want to be rememberd as someone who tried to make the life of everyone around me much easier, that doesn't make me a bad person...im as far from being a bad person as anyone could be without donning a cape and learning to fly.

So what's got my goat today? Jerks-wads in our society. Earlier this week, my grad class met with the teacher to discuss the pros of having a dry grad. Now it would be naive to think that the majority of soon-to-be highschool graduates would be in favour of a dry grad, but the behaviour durring the assembly was not the kind of grad legacy we wanted to make. We had past highschool graduates from other schools tell us about their positive experience with dry grad parties. You know what the response from the over all majority of our grade 12 class was? (Keep in mind that these people are soon to be reffered to as the prominent members of society) It was a series of loud, long boos.

Well that's a great message we're sending to our guests. Im not here to complain about the overall feelings of the grad class, I don't care if we have a dry grad or not personally, but you'd think that we'd be mature enough to keep our comments to ourselves. No one wants a dry grad? Fine. That point could have gotten accross when they finished tabulating the votes. But the presentors took time out of their lives to pitch something towards us. The idiots at my school were so dead-set against it that they wouldn't even hear the guests out...wich was the whole point of the assembly.

From that day on, I've noticed how common decency is slidding. Im not talking about bullying, im talking about sex jokes and irritating gestures not meant for laughs...but for the sole reason of 'Let's see how far I can keep this up before I get yelled at...then I'll do it again.' This kind of behaviour has become so common that these days, people are taken aback by an apology; why? Because manners and decency have been forgotten.

Nowadays, everyone wants to be a rebell. Everyone wants to break the rules so they can get in trouble and have something to complain about; wich fuels themselves for vengance. It's a never ending cycle: Stupid behaviour leads to stupid concequences, wich encourage physical stupid behaviour to vocalize our dislike of concequences. Well here's someone who apologizes after farting instead of laughing about it. I open doors for people, I pick up the check first, I host get togethers at my place when the occasion is for someone else, I try to make up for the mistakes I make and I'd sooner apologize than hold a grudge. In short, im the kind of person who asks how someone else's day was because I know no one really wants to hear about my day (Everyone's favorite subject is their own life)

Awww, isn't that sweet? Doing so much for other people, isn't he a nice guy?...Well, most girls tend to think so. Most guys (Especially my friends) think it's just me trying to play the 'Sensitive guy' card in hopes that it'll pick up chicks. Interesting theory but innacurrate. What the guys don't know is that: A. I don't need to play a card to pick up chicks, B. I do things for them and listen to their problems too, and C. I don't see any of the girls I know greet my friends with a warm hug. Im not in it for the hugs or to show up my friends though, I do it because that's the way I was brought up.

I've been called Spineless, a doormat, whipped and a wuss. Funny thing is no one ever says anything like that about me more than once. The truth is that there's a difference between someone who'll jump through hoops to please someone and a gentleman. A lapdog will bend over backwards for someone in hopes for something in return. Whereas a gentleman (Me) wants nothing in return. Is it impossible for someone to want to do something for someone else without having it turned into a case of patronage? Im not the local mafia, I don't do favours, I do nice gestures and if someone wants to pay me back for it so be it. I don't expect a nice gesture back because not everyone thinks the same way I do. I do what I do because I know it brightens up a persons day. A simple thank you is all I ask.

Im trying to breakthrough the barrier of egosentric thinkers. If being a doormat, as my friends call it, means you get the reputation for being one the nicest guys in your grade and twice as many people who'll stand up for you when you're down--then sure, im a doormat. Beats being a sellfish jerk who people wouldn't trust to give an honest answer. Of course just as there's a difference between a doormat and a gentleman, there's a difference between a jerk and a comedian. Some people do what they do just to get a few laughs, to lighten the mood; hell, I do it all the time. But there's a time for cracking jokes and a time where it's best if you keep your comments to yourserlf. You don' t want to be making 'yo momma' jokes at your mother's funeral, and you're not going to be telling ethnic jokes at the Million Man March. There limitations to when you're allowed to be funny, but being polite and generous is an everyday occasion.

The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who in times of crisis, did nothing. You may not believe in hell, but you're not a good person if you aren't going to help your friends when they're in need of assistance. And why not go the distance? Put in that little extra effort to let them know that you enjoy their company, It'll come in handy when the day comes where you need to call in a favour. Hey, didn't I just say that I don't do things so people will owe me bigtime? Yeah I did. Don't let what I say go to your head, I do nice things often so people will remember that when I piss them off.






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I can't speak for everyone when I say this, and I don't expect a lot of people to agree with me, but I have had it with all these reality shows.
Television has the ability to be the greatest teaching tool ever created. If used properly, TV's immediacy and capacity to reach millions at a time presents an unparalleled opportunity to educate, illuminate and bring the world together with shared experiences. If used properly. If used improperly, it’s a devastating tool for indoctrination, manipulation and sedation. With the way PBS keeps diving further into the poor box while America searches for it's next Top model, even those who root for someone to win on Survivor understand wich way the pendulum swings nowadays.

TV executives don't give reality shows the green light because they're wildly popular...they're given the 'okay to go' because they're a lot cheaper to produce than scripted shows. TV executives like 'em because they can save money. And they want you to like them so they don't have to start spending money again. Having a reality show means that there are no actors or writers to pay--it's funny because usually a feature film will bomb because no one will have heard of any of the stars or the writers. So why don't reality shows cease?

I don't want to watch unshaven, shirtless old men solve riddles on an island. I don't care for lying to women about money just to see if they're greedy. Most of all, im offended as a viewer and as a man by shows like The Bachelor and The Bachelorette. This is the relationship equivalent of eeney meeney miney mo. Enjoy the luxurious lifestyle while you can Bachelors and Bachelorettes...because once you draw that last name out of the hat you'll be stuck with a sham relationship. No yacht. No trips to Italy. Welcome to marriage. Yes, it's goodbye having attractive singles vie for your attention on a private jet and hello dopey guy who had to return the tux.

This is a classic case of when the powers that be tell us how our lives should be run. Like a friend who practices the 'it's the thought that counts' theory, instead of giving us something we'd like they give us something they think we'd like. Well I hate reality shows. I hate that we have too many reality shows. I hate it that we've gone so far as making a phoney reality show with "The Joe Schmo show".

We're told of all these hooks that make on reality show unlike every other reality show. Maybe it's hosted by a celebrity, maybe the contestants on the show were celebrities, maybe the producers play a dirty little trick on the players. In any case, all reality shows follow the same key principal that make them reality shows: It's a camera crew following the lives of "interesting people" that we can "relate to" in a situation that slowly eats away at our level of tolerance. Above all else, that is what ticks me off the most about reality shows: That it's a show about how much we'd hate to be in the same situation as the people on the show. It's enough for me to be aware of how crappy my life would be if I were stranded on a deserted island with a bunch of morons playing scavenger hunt games; I don't have to have it shown to me. That's like if someone came and kicked you in the groin just to remind you of how much it hurts.

And these confessionals, these interviews where contestants switch it up and complain about their teammates...IN PRIVATE! There's so many pointless nuances that make up reality shows that it's a wonder why people will watch different shows. Honestly, what makes Survivor that much different than Joe Millionaire? Sure the concept is different but at their core all reality shows are the same. There should be just one universal reality show where contestants (Prefferably former stars wearing masks) have to undergo eating bugs, on a deserted island, while swooning over some good looking single...and then windup clinging to the roof of a bus as they try to grab flags...only to find out in the end that the island wasn't an island at all! That would be much easier, to just have one show that combines the elements of other reality shows. A show made up from parts of lesser shows. I still wouldn't watch it, though.

For what it's worth though, my friends and I have an idea for a reality show: Take all the rich executives of major corporations and put them on the streets where all the hobos, pimps and hookers lurk...and then put all the hobos, pimps and hookers in charge of the companies whose executives are lying on the streets. See, everything would be a whole lot better if my friends and I ruled the world.




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