outcomes of "rally"

so i just got back from the rally/president of Umich talking about how she htinks the ban on aff action was stupid. she says she's gonna take it to the courts...alright, i'll remain hopeful. But i want to talk about an encounter i witnessed. There were a whole group of "yes on prop 2" people holding up signs and having a little rally of sorts and we were all like...dude idiots you won. are you just trying to rub it in? anyways some studnets of color started talking to them, god knows why, but were asking them why they think this was a good thing. And I tell you this had to have been one of the most bizarre experiences of my life for a white, midwestern, male to inform me that because he helped get rid of the one thing that was keeping our numbers relatively "high" in admissions that now "we can be equal." Yes jackass, affirmative action was what was preventing us from being equal. i just....urghh!!!....there were no words. Then at one point this black kid goes up to the white kid and says "look i don't want to be angry i just wnat to ask you a question and you can be honest. Would you switch places and be me? Would you honestly want to be me, a black man." And at that point the white kid got silent...and the black kid was like "i'm serious." And the white kid finally says "now that we are equal yes, i'd switch with you. now that we have gotten rid of affirmative action and are no longer living on color lines i'd want to be you because we are equal." There is such complete and utter ignorance of the reality of this country embedded in that statement. This kid really just does not know. Like he can't even fathom how deep it goes.

anyways enough preaching, i would just like to do a shout out and thank the White man for freeing me from my shackles of inequality. Thank you!!