It's obvious white males aren't gonna be interested in hearing about how racial minorities (and women to a certain extent) are treated so often in society, since their lives are so damned easy.
I once worked in a place where I got no end of shit from people due to my surname and background, being called a 'fucking chink' and whatnot. It got to the stage where I couldn't put up with it anymore and had to go talk to my boss, who told me that if I didn't like it I'd have to leave. Yup, I'd have to leave and not those racist fucks. And that's pretty much nothing compared with a million other examples other people could give you.
As far as groups who cater exclusively for one minority go, I can see where the criticism comes from. But a lot of the time this comes because more 'universal' groups have a blatantly white bias. Over here we have something called the MOBO awards in music (Music of Black Origin), which comes in for a lot of criticism every year. The fact is, these awards were set up to celebrate black music because no other music industry event would do so. Perhaps times have changed since then, but you see the point. It's also worth noting that there have always been those (especially in the black community) who favour segregation, and to view those groups as representative of every person who is black would be as wrong as saying everyone in the US loves George Bush.
I once worked in a place where I got no end of shit from people due to my surname and background, being called a 'fucking chink' and whatnot. It got to the stage where I couldn't put up with it anymore and had to go talk to my boss, who told me that if I didn't like it I'd have to leave. Yup, I'd have to leave and not those racist fucks. And that's pretty much nothing compared with a million other examples other people could give you.
As far as groups who cater exclusively for one minority go, I can see where the criticism comes from. But a lot of the time this comes because more 'universal' groups have a blatantly white bias. Over here we have something called the MOBO awards in music (Music of Black Origin), which comes in for a lot of criticism every year. The fact is, these awards were set up to celebrate black music because no other music industry event would do so. Perhaps times have changed since then, but you see the point. It's also worth noting that there have always been those (especially in the black community) who favour segregation, and to view those groups as representative of every person who is black would be as wrong as saying everyone in the US loves George Bush.