“Racism against white people is a real thing. It goes both ways.”

This is another frequent statement I hear, but I usually hear it on campus at my 92 percent white college. I would like to also address this statement tonight.

Can a white person be a victim of racial discrimination? Of course they can. But will they ever be affected by any institutionalized racism? No.

White people are the majority (currently) and minorities can say all they would like about white people but at the end of the day, it’s just a bunch of noise. White people are praised and held in the highest regard in the media more than any other race. They are seen and portrayed as the most desirable, safest, best race subliminally in all of the magazines, commercials, and television shows that we watch. White people control stock markets, major businesses, and almost every other aspect of living.

What white people will never understand is having a large system that is constantly working against you just because of the color of your skin. So at the end of the day, does it really go both ways? Do you really know what it is like to be able to be racially profiled? Are you really a victim of true racism?

I wish I was able to be able to cry while still being on top of the racial food chain.