The "racism" against white sheep problem that we hear so much about is really just America finding a way to maintain the status quo of white sheep dominence.
Think of the sheepstead's racial history as being like a 350 year marathon in which one group of sheep, the black ones, suffered severe discrimination. During these years these sheep were denied access to pastureland, all manner of grain supplements, veterinary care, access to the barn in winter, regular shearing etc etc. At the end of the 350 years, many of those denied access had died and the survivors were underweight, rather sickly and behind in every measurable aspect of sheep life and well-being. Progressive sheep suggested it was a farm society's responsibility to help the disadvantaged black sheep. They suggested that in the future that black sheep would get to go into the barn, have the same access to pastureland, veterinary care and grain supplements and be the first sheep to be sheared each year.
Almost immediately, some of the white sheep thought that even the slight advantage of being sheared first offered the black sheep was an unfair advantage, it was sheep racism!!!! The not-so-Supreme Court, the same court that approved the 350 years black sheep discrimination, now declared that that even the slightest preference given to one group is unfair and discriminatory.
And very piously intoned that after all two wrongs don't make a right? Or do they?.
Quite a succinct assessment of our country's racial history. Beginning with the native peoples we oppressed, enslaved, murdered, and disenfranchised right up to today's lashing out at our "melting pot" society for the crime of being too "other." As others suggest, the white sheep want to stay the TOP sheep, and that cannot happen in an equal, multi-racial society. Thus the TOP sheep must make the other white sheep feel as though they are losing something by allowing the multi-racial, immigrant sheep equality. It has ever been so here in America, but I still have hope that we can change for the better.
The "racism" against white sheep problem that we hear so much about is really just America finding a way to maintain the status quo of white sheep dominence.
Think of the sheepstead's racial history as being like a 350 year marathon in which one group of sheep, the black ones, suffered severe discrimination. During these years these sheep were denied access to pastureland, all manner of grain supplements, veterinary care, access to the barn in winter, regular shearing etc etc. At the end of the 350 years, many of those denied access had died and the survivors were underweight, rather sickly and behind in every measurable aspect of sheep life and well-being. Progressive sheep suggested it was a farm society's responsibility to help the disadvantaged black sheep. They suggested that in the future that black sheep would get to go into the barn, have the same access to pastureland, veterinary care and grain supplements and be the first sheep to be sheared each year.
Almost immediately, some of the white sheep thought that even the slight advantage of being sheared first offered the black sheep was an unfair advantage, it was sheep racism!!!! The not-so-Supreme Court, the same court that approved the 350 years black sheep discrimination, now declared that that even the slightest preference given to one group is unfair and discriminatory.
And very piously intoned that after all two wrongs don't make a right? Or do they?.
Quite a succinct assessment of our country's racial history. Beginning with the native peoples we oppressed, enslaved, murdered, and disenfranchised right up to today's lashing out at our "melting pot" society for the crime of being too "other." As others suggest, the white sheep want to stay the TOP sheep, and that cannot happen in an equal, multi-racial society. Thus the TOP sheep must make the other white sheep feel as though they are losing something by allowing the multi-racial, immigrant sheep equality. It has ever been so here in America, but I still have hope that we can change for the better.
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I hate to sound repetitive and at the risk of sounding insincere because of the repetition, but this is brilliant. `Nuf said...
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And sometimes their ‘barns’ and entire ‘farms’ were burned down…and they were left homeless.
Excellent article.
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