Okay, so, my regular Language Arts (Communication Arts, wtf ever) teacher's house kinda went up in flames so natuarally she's not at school right now, for obvious reasons. But thats not what I'm going to talk about. I'm talking about how my sub is a motherfucking hippie.
She's pretty old and has rly long white hair, which is actually pretty creepy. So our assignment for the week was to read an essay/speech thing by a woman named Barbara Jordan about race relations and what we can do to improve them. So we read it and she asks opinions on whether or not this essay "inspired us to change our thinking about race relations." It was a question in the book, so I can't blame her for asking it, but I can blame her for being an idiot about it. She tells us that she's not going to lecture us on our opinions and that she just wants to know because it's on our agenda. No-one's speaking, so I raise my hand and tell her about how it doesn't really inspire me to do anything because I've heard the same argument before and it never is effective.
So, wow, I wonder what she did. She lectured me on it, basically telling me how I was stupid for thinking that way and that naturally, I should be worried about racisim because it's a serious issue and maybe I just don't care because it doesn't directly affect me.
And how the fuck do you know?
Isn't that racisim right there, assuming that because I'm white I don't get racially discriminated? Oops! Well, shows what you know. I have, in fact, been racially discriminated against (because since they're minorities, it's okay!), and that's one of the reasons why we left Florida. So, I'm sitting there in disbelief while she goes and just about forces others to tell their opinions.
Haet. Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaet.
Just like the freaking Avenue Q song, everyone is indeed racist and everyone indeed makes judgements, big or small, based upon my race. Of course, who the fuck could tell her? She was currently God. So I had to wallow in utter despise for the rest of the hour while, everytime I raised my hand, I'd just get shot down again. Fucking hell.

For the record, I really think that this Barbara Jordan had very good ideas. I just think no-one wants to do them. I don't think the racial problems will ever get better because not enough people care. Hell, black people call each other by the "N" word and I just heard some students of Hispanic origins call each other "beaner." Yes, our youth REALLY cares about this. SO MUCH. SO MUCH, in fact, that they are even trying to switch the meaning of various racial slurs! Anyone who's not their race can't say it though, because that's racist. SOMEONE EXPLAIN THIS TO ME BECAUSE I OBVIOUSLY AM NOT GETTING IT.
One more thing:
I hate the term "African-American."
This "polite" term is making two extremely dumbass assumptions: That that person is of African descent and that that person is American.
As if black people can't come from anywhere else. NO, DAMN IT, BLACK SKIN = AFRICAN. Fucker.
As if black people can't reside in anywhere else besides America. I don't have to get any further into this, I'm sure.