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Future Doctor. Double Standard Of Excellence!

May 23, 2022May 23, 2022 career, D'Lauren Oxidine, Delray Beach, doctor, double standard, education, excellence, FL, future

D’Lauren Oxidine,
Delray Beach, FL.

As a future doctor of education, one would assume that success would be highly attainable. However, because of my age, gender and race my level of success is different from my older male and female counterparts of different races. Knowing this means treating my entire doctoral experience as an unofficial 3 year interview where achieving anything less than a level of excellence can be detrimental to a career that I have yet to pursue.

You still have to be better.

February 8, 2022February 8, 2022 Beltsville, better, double standard, Kimberly Walker, MD

Kimberly Walker,
Beltsville, MD.

Black but gay so it’s ok

October 11, 2018October 12, 2018 black guy, disarm, double standard, Fred Wherry, gay, New York, NY, OK, stereotype

Fred Wherry,
New York, NY.

An administrative assistant remarked to my (now ex) European partner: “When I first saw Fred I was a little scared of him. Then I found out he’s gay and your partner!” Somehow, if seen alone or if I appeared too “hard,” I was intimidating. By being “soft” I could disarm my detractors.

White: Walk Free– Black: We’ll See

January 10, 2017January 10, 2017 Black, double standard, free, injustice, Laurence Barry, MA, North Attleboro, white

Laurence Barry
North Attleboro, MA

The above is a reference to our double-standard justice system.

CHANGE COMES FROM DEEP WITHIN YOURSELF!!

December 1, 2015December 1, 2015 arrested, change, cops, customer, Danielle Rosati, deep, double standard, Harlem, Hauppauge, ignorant, judge, kracker, NY, police, profiled, Rap, slaves, stereotype, thug, treatment, within

Danielle Rosati,
Hauppauge, NY.

I am tired of being blamed for blacks feeling not good enough. If you feel a certain way it’s within yourself. And only you can change that.

I’ve been pulled over for no reason !! Arrested .. I have felonies .. I’ve been hit and beaten by cops!! You want equal rights but special treatment ??!! It don’t go that way!!! If u walk in a black neighborhood you know you’re in a black neighborhood! Why? Cause it’s filthy and there’s spray paint all over buildings!

Rappers who are predominantly black rap about being a thug, gang banging, bi***es, drugs, and 22’s!! And then wonder why your profiled ?!! COME ON!! You wanna be treated a certain way act a certain way. I used to act like a thug too and it got me arrested and down a wrong path. Once I changed my life changed. It comes from within.

I also went to Harlem near 141st and Lenox. Which is mostly black. And guess what .. ? I was first in line and when the lady who was black came to the register she helped everyone else behind me who was black and would not take my order !!!! Don’t f***ing tell me white people are the only racists in this world!!! Take a good look within yourself. And stop making it seem like it’s only black people that are struggling!!! If I’m walking in a black neighborhood I gotta worry a lot more then any black person walking in a white neighborhood. I didn’t own any slaves. And neither did my mother or her mother before that and so on and so on!! It’s the past!! Leave it in the past. None of the black youth today were slaves either!! Keep calling each other n***** and see how much respect you get! U don’t see white people calling one another kracker!! Why? Case it’s ignorant to do so!!!!!!!!

My shopping bags don’t get checked.

November 30, 2015November 30, 2015 Amex, Ashley Cooper Hair, Costco, DC, double standard, Georgetown Day School., High School, privilege, shopping, stereotype, USA, Washington

Ashley Cooper Hair,
Washington,DC.
Georgetown Day School

In the town where I went to high school, the privilege I felt was one of class. There were almost no people of color. Living in Washington, DC, I feel my white privilege constantly. Not only am I not followed around Best Buy, my shopping bags are never checked in any store. While on a school camping trip, a fellow parent volunteered to run out for needed food. I offered my Costco card and AMEX. My African-American friend said, “Oh, no, I couldn’t use that. They would think they were stolen.”

In America it’s always about race.

December 1, 2014 america, black officer, double standard, Ferguson Card, Michael Brown, PA, paycheck, Philadelphia, Race, unarmed, white boy, Yvonne Torrance

Yvonne Torrance,
Philadelphia, PA.

People who sat the shooting of Michael Brown is not about race are kidding themselves. If a Black officer had shot an unarmed white kid would he be sitting at home still collecting his paycheck?