[elk]

I've been running into a lot of this lately. I was at a library booksale, and one [white female, mostly likely liberal as shown by the following comment] person in line commented to me, "I'm saddened that there aren't any minorities here, though."

This is rich.

I didn't want to start an argument, so I just said, after looking at the line, and thinking a moment, with all the sincerity in the world (because I did mean it), "well, I usually find that I can't base my opinion of whether or not diversity exists based solely on visual cues."

Pregnant pause.

"Uh, well, I meant that I don't see any African-Americans here."

Now, ain't that rich, on top of rich. So, when she said "minority" she meant a certain minority group, eh? Hmmmm. This gets so interesting.

I bet she had no idea by looking at me that she was possibly looking at a "minority." Any, I guess the several Indian families in the line didn't count, either?

My thought was, perhaps the members of the African American group she singled out was busy elsewhere. Say, perhaps running their businesses? Or they order their books online, instead of coming to library book sales?

I recall the attempt to put "white guilt" on me in college....but I didn't fit the category, they just assumed I did by stereotyping me per how I looked. I kept wondering why these professors tried to put a shoe on me that didn't fit. Man, I guess this lady in line is still wearing those shoes.

[cyborg]

You know I've noticed that same thing too. It's a strange mentality isn't it?

[sauropod]

Those shoes don't fit me either and I am white.

I reject white guilt. 'Pod.

[Cronos]

I guess the several Indian families in the line didn't count,

Indian as in India-Indians or Native Americans?

[AppyPappy]

Complaints about "lack of diversity" at the local university are laughable. There are several thousand international students. I guess we are all supposed to know the code words by now.