In response the the blog posted by Samuel Roux...
I understand where you are coming from in saying that most people in America don't even understand what hardship is, but by generalizing it to be an attitude of all, and or only "white" Americans seems like a stretch. As we talked about in class today, one person of a specific race can not be the voice of all the people of that race. By saying that all white Americans have no understanding of hardship and are only concerned with the problems they "make up" is placing a huge generalization on white Americans. Every individuals situation is different from one another and you can't just assume that because someone is white, that they have no understanding of hardship. You also can not assume that because a person is not white, that they do have an understanding of hardship. I am in no way denying the fact that there are white Americans with this attitude you described, but there are also non-white Americans with the same attitude and generalizing either group to all possess or not posses these views on the world is not accurate. I think Americans as a whole more than just white Americans in particular, have a tendency to care about only themselves and not the "real" problems in the world.
-Ryan Fleming blog post# 14
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