I don't know about anyone else and what their opinions are, but I am pretty tired of the news media and their take on how thin skinned we Americans are. I have often been referred to as a stubborn Dane, my wife grew up as a "Greaseball Italian, I had a couple of Negro friends, a Mexican buddy that was pretty well known as that "Spic" down the block.
The interesting thing about this is that none of us felt bad about it, and as a matter of fact we joked about it among ourselves. We were not thin skinned, we were part of the American Melting Pot of people that have made up what used to be this marvelous country. All of us worked and played together, we prayed together and cried together. We built this country, side by side.
Today there are too many people out there that like to tell us we are poor, we are under privileged, we are misinformed, we are ignorant! Well, I am going to tell you that I am offended everytime I turn on a program where I am told it is wrong to do this, or to say anything for fear we may hurt someone's feelings.
Now those same thin skinned people are saying that a sports team that has been around for years should change their name from the Washington Redskins to "who knows what" has really started to cause a blister on my, well let's not discuss where or I may get my feeling hurt!
It seems to me that I should start a new group of people that don't want to be called "white" anymore. I find that to be very obnoxious. After all, paper is white, some clouds are white, the snow is white, and my skin is certainly not that un-color at all. I once knew an unfortunate person that was all white, her eyes were pink, and we were told that she was an Albino. Now if that is true, I don't want to be called white anymore...let's see now, what could we call we non-white people that are not red, yellow, brown or black? From now on are we the "Tan Americans,", or the Off-White Americans? What do you suggest we call ourselves. Anyone???
