But Abad, the point was about the people who *are* sufficiently privileged to take those kinds of positions, and that historically, those people were mainly white and male. I didn't see those comments as gratuitous at all. That is what that system gave us. Jason Hernandez
Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2015 12:23:32 +0000 From: Abad Boiy <abadb...@noone.neomailbox.net> Subject: Article about unpaid internships I initially read this blog post about unpaid internships with great interest and much support. But then I came to the gratuitous racist statements about 'white guys', e.g., 'Times have changed, we don't just need well off white guys anymore, and that is what that system gave us.' My questions is what does a person's race have to do with any of this? Nothing. There are lots of underprivileged people who would never be able to take an unpaid internship and who happened to have been born white and male. It is wrong and unjust to disparage an entire race and gender of people regardless of whether is a white male or black female or Native American... Every human being has the right to be treated with respect and dignity, regardless of their race and gender. Is that asking too much? AB
