The proponents of social justice are throwing a party tonight. Why you may ask? Because UCLA will have more black students next year! Woo Hoo!

You might remember that last year I brought up this very important issue right here on The Blarg. I’m glad to report that my efforts have been successful, and UCLA is more black this year. You might think intelligence or academics would be a more important basis for evaluating a person than their skin color, but you’re wrong! The color of a person’s skin far outways anything like personal responsibility or hardwork.

Unfortunately our job is not done. It is my goal to make sure that by 2015 every single student at UCLA will be black. There are some who might cry foul at such a suggestion, but those people are evil and mean (and probably asian and white). No black person would ever want to be judged by the content of their character, but only by the color of their skin. This was of course Martin Luther King Jr.’s motto.

Please join me in this uphill battle of making sure that everyone at UCLA is black, and that the discrimination of considering things like talent and skill are done away with. No person should have to be judged because of who they are as a person, but solely by the color of their skin. Together, we can make a difference.

A guy by the name of Alex Angarita is on season 14 of Survivor that starts Februrary 8th. He graduated class of ’95 from Warren with Stacie. He also has a younger brother named Roger that graduated ’98 with some of you.

The show is trumpeting a very "diverse" cast again, but it doesn’t sound like they’ll be splitting them by race. Instead of calling it diverse, why don’t they just say it has more minorities on it, or inversely, they kept down the number of white people? Can’t put a lot of white people on the show, because that would be boring! The fact that the producers even consider the people’s skin color is pretty pathetic.

I know most of you don’t watch Survivor, but it’s kind of fun knowing a Warren graduate is on the show. It will be interesting to see how he does.

Time for some controversy!

I get the feeling that the media and institutions of higher education don’t value or perceive the history of "white" people in the same way that they do other cultures. Diversity courses in college are never about people with light skin colors (instead only about how light skin people have harmed dark skin people). It’s almost as if we’ve been here so long that our history doesn’t matter, or even exist.

Not only do I think our past is brushed off as unimportant, but also our culture. Just because we don’t make empanadas, wear headresses, or speak other languages doesn’t mean we lack culture. It only means the media and higher education doesn’t care about our culture.

Before you label me a racist (because after all, saying something positive about "white" people makes you a racist), ask yourself this question: For what purpose are we forced to appreciate "diversity" in schools? Why not put a greater emphasis on the individual and their character traits that really matter. I am much more concerned with work ethic, moral standards, the family unit, and personal responsibility than whether or not you are a minority that eats "ethnic food."

I am not arguing that "white" people are better than anyone else (and if that’s all you’ve gathered so far you’ve missed the point entirely). It’s just as ignorant to lump all white people in a group as it is to lump all brown people in a group. Talk about the hot water you would be in for putting all brown people into the same group and assuming they have the same culture and history!

But you can do that with "white" people. We don’t have a history anyways!

Update: EDSE 435: United States Secondary Schools: Intercultural Education

Update II: A final clarification as my original post might have been a little muddled. I believe there is a double standard. Someone can put "Brown Pride" across their rear window and they are labeled "proud." If I put a "White Pride" sticker up I’m an anti-semite. It’s this sentiment that fueled the original post (much of which was tongue in cheek if you didn’t notice).

I would prefer the whole appreciating and valuing of people based on their skin color STOP completely. A piece on the news the other night was up in arms about the low number of black students at UCLA. Because it was about blacks it means you are "concerned about race relations." If someone complained about the number of white students in any context they’d be labeled a white supremacist (again, a reinforcing that it’s wrong to value "whites’).

Let’s start appreciating qualities that deal with character, something that actually matters.

Bill Lester is the first black guy to race in Nascar’s top event in 20 years. Poor guy, people care more about his skin color than racing ability.

At a press conference he joked "I don’t look different than most Nascar drivers, do I?" to which people chuckled and clapped. Clapped? "Yay, you’re black, most Nascar drivers are white, let’s all clap!"

His wife then talked about how he needed to find sponsors, but it’s been surprisingly difficult (because who would ever sponsor a black man!). They then showed footage of his sponsored car, and race suit covered in sponsors. Difficult huh? I blame it on all the diversity brain-washing being shoved down our throats in college. Celebrating diversity is total crap. Doesn’t the guy feel totally slighted? If people got excited about me because my skin is white I’d be pissed off. "That guy is white! Yippy. Oh, and he’s a teacher too."

That’s three things tonight that have gotten on my nerves. I need some Larry Elder.