Me and Stephen Colbert

Like Stephen Colbert, I don't see color. So I found this article strange and confusing.....just kidding.

As a white male who has all the privileges in the world as I struggle to pay bills and stuff, I do find it some what hard to relate but at the same time I think that being Canadian also factors into this. I personally judge people on how they act and to some degree on how they dress (does that make me a dressist?) But I can still see the authors point. I don't know what its like to be black in the US just like I don't know what its like to lose a child in a horrible accident, its something you have to experience.

We do live in a white society, most of the people are white, the business owners are white and they control everything. I've never believed that a black president would change anything (Sorry Obama), a black CEO of NBC or CBS would have more effect on the world. And I have never been a fan of the Canadian way of fixing these issues, you know, give Quebec more money because the English beat the French in a war 200 years ago. And Canadians aren't perfect with residential schools being a perfect example.

The world needs more people like BET and Charlotte Bobcats owner Bob Johnson. This is a man that has succeeded, being the first black television network owner and the first black sports franchise owner. He is the type of person that can influence the world because I think that the media will do more now than ever to influence the younger generation's view of other races.

One thing that has changed in terms of privilege would be sports. I read an interesting article on SI.com, I think, that talked about how NFL coaches (which is a racial issue in itself) don't look at white players for the position of running back anymore, in fact there isn't a white running back on any team in the NFL, at least in the starting and back-up roles, they may be a couple of third stringers. And before you say "But Mike, all the quarterbacks are white." Not anymore, Michael Vick, Donovan McNabb, and now Vince Young coming up are just a few and have made coaches look at black quarterbacks even more. Its same in the NBA. Steve Nash and about 5 Europeans represent all the top white players.

Now maybe if some of these guys finished college, instead of dropping out early to get drafted, and went on to careers after sports, they could make some changes?

And don't worry racists, you'll always have NASCAR.