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Originally Posted by Chameleon Grrl

I've come to realize that it's not as accepted in general society as it was in my liberalish university that oppression like sexism, racism, homophobia, classism, etc. still exist. So my question is, how many of you believe these forms of oppression are still a problem?
By the way, here I'm using oppression to mean prejudice coming from someone in a power position. (prejudice + power = oppression) And the power positions in these cases are men, whites, straights, and the middle to upper classes.

Luckilly, I grew up amongst my own people here in the states (my schools were always 97+% mexican, and 2% other hispanic, and the rest was miscellaneous). I was smart, motivated, and had strict enough parents to keep my ass on check and move on up that ladder. So, my sister's a pharmacist, my older brother is a PE with a BA in Architecture from one of the best schools in the country. I'm an engineer with a good job and lots of potential and my little sister is off to become a huge success.

We didn't let people keep us down because of our race. We all proved their views and stereotypes wrong! Now, they are scared of us because we WILL take their jobs. And not in that stupid way people claim farm workers are taking their jobs, I mean I will put any other summbitch out of a job because I am simply fucking better at it

I bet it still exists in predominately white states though.