Guilt and victimhood

There’s two minor problems that I’m constantly seeing and hearing about, which are white guilt and white victimhood. This isn’t to bash white people, and the majority of white people don’t act like this, but the people that do need to stop. As a black 16-year-old boy I feel insulted by both of these things.

White guilt makes black people seem like helpless wounded animals that can’t get anything done on their own. You could argue that these people are just trying to be nice, but I’d argue that saying someone is disadvantaged because of their skin, constantly apologizing and trying to “help” them is not very respectful or kind.

The opposite side of this would be the people that have this white victimhood complex. They complain about the hatred for white people in our society and that they’re becoming the most oppressed group in America. Now there are a lot of people that do have bad views of white people, and there is some anti-white media, but it’s nowhere close to the degree that people are saying it is. I’ve legitimately heard some people say that there’s a war on whites, and that just isn’t true.

I truly believe that there’s an equal number of white people with negative views on black people as there are black people with negative views on white people. The only difference is that black people are more vocal about it, so that’s why you hear these negative views more, but both of them are wrong. There’s no war on whites, don’t assume I’m disadvantaged because of the color of my skin, and remember this applies to only a small number of white people who need to stop. NATHAN HUMPHREY

North Little Rock