Hypocritical racism

Let’s be honest, right now whoever painted that image in the Free Expression Tunnel is winning. They wanted to stir things up and they have certainly done so. But the N-word, which was the only racist part of what was painted, is just a word and no matter how racist its history is, there is way more racism and sexism going on in other parts of America that giving such a stink over one image and one word in a tunnel filled with people’s opinions is ridiculous.

If you want the skinny on my opinion, there is not racism in America from the result of African Americans being discriminated against. There is racism and sexism in America because every time anyone applies to anything they have to put their race and sex. There is racism in America because if I were to start a “White Engineers of America” club it would get shut down, yet there can be a “National Society of Black Engineers” club. There is racism in America because 96 percent to 97 percent of African Americans voted for Barrack Obama. But apparently it’s racist to call an African American racist at all because we can’t change the past. If you were angered by what was painted, just prove something to them by becoming successful at whatever you love to do.

The response to this “incident” was typical, but so hypocritical. Since I’ve attended N.C. State, the subject of diversity has been the most promoted idea across campus, yet when something controversial like this pops up it goes right out the window. “Hey everyone, let’s cover up a radical idea because we all disagree with it,” is not a solution, but hey, I guess it did bring people together behind a cause.

PS: Did you know that for the first time in U.S. history women now make up the majority of professional workers?

Thomas Lindsey

senior, biological sciences