ÿþ<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>Home Invasion - Reader Feedback On Male Bashing Column</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> </head> <body> <font face="Arial"> <table align="left" width="700" border="0"> <tr><td> <p> I'll tell you the same thing I told Farah,<br> <br> Don Imus is but another example of a white guy falling victim to the &quot;Free Speech Nazi's&quot;! He should have realized that the insensitivity police sit in wait to ambush anyone with cream colored skin over anything they consider &quot;White Hate Speech&quot;! <p>Which, for the most part is anything a white person says!</p> <p>Now far be it from me to judge a persons inner most beliefs based on the color of his or her skin tone, but honestly, this type of retribution, taking in to consideration the foul mouth filth that some of the so called black rappers put out, is taking this speech thing just a little too far. Don't you think?</p> <p>It's become the ultimate sin...</p> <p>God forbid, lets not do or say anything that could possibly hurt the feelings of a non white. That's what separates the south from the rest of the country; down here, people don't hide behind the cloak of political correctness. If they don't like you, they're not afraid to let you know it!<br> <br> You're absolutely right; I'm sick and tired of getting kicked because I'm a white male, and frankly I don't care what Jessie Jackson or Al Sharpton think. At least I can go to bed at night knowing that I didn't spend all day dreaming up ways to bash people with different skin color. That's what these so called Black leaders do.<br> <br> And corporate American is so afraid of being labeled &quot;Racist&quot;, they'll do what ever it takes to appease a minority group. Including jumping on the band wagon to destroy a white man because of his &quot;Alleged Hate Speech&quot;! </p> <p><hr color=gray size=1><p> <p>Dear Rebecca,<br> <br> Thanks for writing the obvious that media darlings such as Rose, Whoopie, Barbara, etc. seem to be blind to. This discrimination against men goes much further than what you described, consider divorce. I have a close friend whose wife abandonded the family and ran off with several other men for affairs, came back to live in his house for a year, then sued him for divorce. The judge, a recently divorced woman, decided he had to split the value of the house with his ex-wife and then pay her alimony that was greater than he could reasonably afford. Fortunately, he was able to get the amount reduced, but now his monthly expenses have doubled and he can barely make it every month, can't afford health insurance and must work 10 -12 hrs/ day 6 to 7 days a week just to pay off his debt and alimony obligations. As you may well know, he can go to jail for missing payments. Meanwhile, the ex has been fired from her job, drives a newer Mercedes, takes vacations, and continues to threaten him with demands for greater alimony payments.<br> <br> Sadly, this is not an isolated story, I know at least 4 other men who are going through a similar hell. <br> <br> I believe that there is a spiritual force behind this attack and recommend that you research this at Henry Makow's site - www.savethemales.ca and read his essays about feminism. Interesting stuff and in my mind mostly true.<br> <br> Keep up the good fight.<br> <br> <p><hr color=gray size=1><p> <p>I was impressed by your article which I read on WorldNetDaily about discrimination against white teen boys. I thought the information from the FBI about black on white crime was interesting--that my son was more likely to be attacked by a black boy than the other way around. I have seen this with both my sons. We have lived in a predominantly black neighborhood for 20 years. My sons have been attacked for being white, they are often assumed racist with no evidence, and the police are reluctant to even file a crime report, even when on one occasion my oldest son was held against his will with a knife at his throat. </p> <p>There is needed attention paid to providing help for black teen boys who need jobs and activities, but there is no activity or attention in the community my white son is invited to be involved in--he is descriminated against because he is white. </p> <p><hr color=gray size=1><p> Hi Rebecca, <p>My 27-year-old daughter and I are forever marveling at how contemptuously men are portrayed in everything from TV commercials to sitcoms and even some movies. The feminist influence is so obvious and I can't help but wonder why no one raises a complaint against it. That is why I was so glad to see your column. It's about time someone said something about this outrageous discrimination. I am tired of seeing women portrayed as knowing everything and never being wrong no matter how b----- they are acting. These feminists need to go to therapy and work out their hatred of men and leave the rest of us alone. Of course, that isn't going to happen: they have too much fun spewing hatred and trying to remake society over into their twisted vision.</p> <p><hr color=gray size=1><p> Yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<br> I can't believe this - I had a discussion over Easter on this very point.<br> I was commenting on what has happened to women.<br> Our young women - are becoming the worst of the worst - MEN Our young women wear combat boots - walk like a man - dress like men - belch like men grope men in public - let their guts hang out in front like men and expose their cracks in the back like men - all in the name of feminism (being set free to be what they want to be). Well forgive me women are better than men because we are women not because we want to be like them.<br> Don't get me wrong I love men. I have been married for 37 years I love my husband dearly.<br> But be like him - NO. <p>It comes to this - today's youth get their value from society not themselves and they are hurt when someone doesn't like them or worse calls them a name. If the shoes fits they used to say. Now it doesn't even have to fit - just have someone say it does and they fall apart. Sticks and stone can hurt my bones but words can never hurt me. We have all become victims - pray - God help us.</p> <p><hr color=gray size=1><p> <p>Rebecca,<br> (FYI I couldn't get your email links to work....maybe include the address below them?)<br> <br> The topic of white male discrimination has been on my heart as well. I found two authors in Canada, who are the only ones I know seriously addressing Misandry (hatred of men). Their two books (which I have purchased but not read yet) are Legalizing Misandry and Spreading Misandry. <br> <br> Check out my upcoming book that addresses this also, in a slightly different way..it starts out light on the women as a hook, and may seem to be criticizing men, but that's just to draw the women in. It flips as the book progresses. I'll send you a copy in a couple of months when it comes from the publisher, if you're interested. Send me your mailing address. <br> <br> I have come to believe after two years of counseling women on this and seeing their marriages dramatically changed, that our topsy-turvy way of running families today is at the root of much despair and divorce.<br> <br> The God Empowered Wife: How Strong-Willed Women Can Help Their Husbands Become Godly Leaders.<br> www.godempowered.com<br> <br> God bless your work and your website,<br> </p> <p><hr color=gray size=1><p> You forgot to mention how white males are portrayed on crime shows.<br> 99% of the time the perp is portrayed as a white guy. Minorities are rarely portrayed as perps and when they are they portray them as misguided or they justify their crimes.<br> In real life it is just the opposite. Minorities commit the majority of crimes especially violent crime. <p><hr color=gray size=1><p> Good Morning Rebecca,<br> <br> THANK YOU FOR FINALLY PUTTING IN WORDS WHAT MOST OF THE MALES AND YOUNG MEN WHO ARE NOT MINORITIES HAVE BEEN FEELING FOR YEARS.<br> <br> I just cannot bear to watch TV and see the sitcoms portray us as complete boobs and fools. I was raised to respect elders, women and most everyone who deserved respect. That has all gone. I am afraid to voice my opinion on race, illegal immigrants and most any other subject that is not politically correct for fear of property damage, personal harm and vilification, not to mention a good old American lawsuit.<br> <br> Common sense has just been swept under the rug and out of sight. The people we elect to go to the state house and Washington pander to whichever voting block makes the most noise. There are really not that many &quot;GREENS&quot;, but they are well financed, well organized and make a lot of noise. Global warming has been going on since the glaciers started retreating.<br> <br> Main stream media is just another pulpit for the biased. I majored in journalism in college many years ago- we were taught just one thing- ACCURACY IN REPORTING. What you thought carried no weight at all. As Joe Friday always said- &quot;just the facts&quot;. Now everyone has an agenda.<br> <br> Thanks again,<br> <p><hr color=gray size=1><p> Dear Rebecca, <p> </p> <p>I too feel compelled to thank you. </p> <p> </p> <p>I was pleasantly shocked to read you article being that your points have almost become a taboo in this society. It almost seems like we are at that point where it is &#8220;backwards&#8221; to suggest men can be decent and valuable assets to society and family. Almost like the assertion that humans did not evolve from apes, or any of the many things that seem to get the intelligentsia to roll their eyes. If you believe those things to be true then you must be a diluted, uniformed&#8230;. I don&#8217;t know&#8230; Christian maybe? </p> <p> </p> <p>I myself am not white, but I would indeed be diluted if I did not recognize that some of the most significant influences and mentors in my life have been and are white males. They are as you say &#8211; decent, kind, strong, moral, men who have helped shape who I am today. </p> <p> </p> <p>So again, thank you. </p> <p> </p> <p>And not just for your article, but for the reminder that men and young men who are decent and good &#8211; regardless of race &#8211; need to be validated. </p> <p> </p> <p>Warm Regards,</p> <p><hr color=gray size=1><p> The problem at its root is marxist identity politics which has replaced the class struggle with minority/special interest group struggles. This works as it leaves you a greater number of groups and enough confusion to always keep the pot of social discontent and crisis boiling. One can treat the black male as male on day and black the next depending on whatever is convenient. Now you're a victim, now you are not, now you are again. <p>The issue then comes down to this, when you have certain groups partitioned off as &quot;protected&quot; then other groups are going to be &quot;unprotected&quot;. Rarely will anyone admit this, but then they don't have to. Our culture models it daily. It is open season on the white male, especially the white Christian male. It has been for quite a while and the trend shows no sign of slowing down.</p> <p>Since special interests have long since moved beyond dealing with this problem in a reasonable and civilized fashion, I do not hold out much hope for a real solution that works in a fairly equitable fashion all around but more of a pendulum swing. It won't be pretty.<br> </p> <p><hr color=gray size=1><p> You just can't beat the DO UNTO OTHERS... <p><hr color=gray size=1><p> Rebecca; <p> You know, I have virtually stopped watching televison shows and the media on T.V. for this very reason. One show that really irritates the heck out of me is &quot;Malcom in the Middle&quot;. You don't get to be much more of a idiot than the father on that show. </p> <p> I first noticed this &quot;trend&quot; back when the sit-com &quot;All in the Family&quot; was running. (I guess that dates my age.) Archie and every other conservative, Christian was pictured as virtually mentally retarded, bigoted, sods who were lucky to blunder thru life. Heck, Archie (when in Christian mode on the show) constantly mis-spoke Christian verses and quotes from the Bible. </p> <p> It's only gotten worse. My T.V. viewing pretty much consists of the History Channel, Discovery Channel, The Learning Channel, The Weather Channel, The Travel Channel and a very small viewing of FOX News and HNN (Only to watch the Glenn Beck Program). Quite frankley, I don't watch T.V. news broadcasts anymore. You know when they're lying, their lips move. I don't read the drival in the mainstream papers anymore either. If it wasn't for my wife, I'ld cancel my newspaper subscription. (I tell my wife every time the paper comes that &quot;The Toilet Paper is here.&quot;) I get my news from the Internet and Talk Radio. Period. And it's sad to say. </p> <p> Our son graduated from high school last year. It was amazing to watch during his senior year how several of his teachers reacted to him when he stated he was joining the military. (He's currently in the U.S. Coast Guard.) Talk about hostility. </p> <p> I'm just fed up with the entire situation. I don't know what to do to fix it. But I know I'm sick of it. </p> <p> Thanks for letting me rant. Keep up the good work.</p> <p><hr color=gray size=1><p> <P>It is time for white Christian males to stand up. If Imus can be fired for referring to black women as  hoes, Then every black rapper who does the same should be dropped by record labels, radio, TV and cable company. </P> <p><hr color=gray size=1><p> I find it hard to believe that you push christian principles and a more responsible way of life, yet in the same breath you would attempt to sugar coat and minimize an obviously racist statement made by a white man. You sound as if he should get a pass simply because he's white.<br> <br> This man decided to use a forum that reaches millions of viewers to call black collegiate atheletes a bunch of &quot;Nappy Headed Hoes&quot; . These were not females out robbing or destroying, these were young women who fought hard to accomplish their goals and at the pinnacle of their achievement they have to divert their time in the limelight and deal with the title &quot;bestowed&quot; upon them by Imus, with comments like this we males need no one's help to make us look bad.<br> <br> Speaking of media portrayals and how unfair they are to white males, I'm sorry but as a black man looking for images of myself on media overwhelmingly controlled by white males and females, all I'm considered to be is a &quot;dope dealer&quot;,&quot;illiterate athelete&quot;,&quot;dead beat dad&quot;,&quot;pimp&quot;,&quot;criminal&quot; or some other negative charactor.<br> <br> Descrimination hit your family in the gut because your son was denied an opportunity to run track, I do have regrets because I know the feeling of descrimination in EVERY facet of my life, this is something your son will never experience and neither will you, white preveledge is still truely alive in this culture and you give some credence to it when you suggest that Imus should have been treated differently than he has over his remark.<br> <br> My descrimination is when people such as yourself say work hard and the American dream can be yours, then you subject me to an unequal,segregated educational system and twelve years later say &quot;see the test scores don't lie,they just can't compete&quot; or &quot;It's a level playing field and all the schools are the same&quot;. I'm more subject to be pulled over while driving, have my car searched than a white person, and more likely to be ticketed. The criminal justice system will routinely jail me for a first offense when white males receive probation and/or counseling, any guilty sentence will give me more time than a white male committing the same offense and probation and early release will be given to this white male if he is jailed. The death sentence will be given to me at more than three times the rate it is given to white males guilty of the same crime.<br> <br> I do agree that there is an attack on males in this society, but the attack on males who look like me have been going onfor over 200 years, sorry you didn't feel the need to help me in my struggle.<br> <br> Scholarships for minorities became necesarry because christians such as yourself not only said &quot;we&quot; would never attend &quot;your&quot; schools but a historical system of economic apartheid in this country virtually guarantees that blacks will earn significantly less through their entire lifetimes than white, thus maintaining economic inequality and thus social equality. This system still exists today and anyone disputing it is only lieing to themselves.<br> <br> No, its not your son's fault for the way things are it's you and your forefathers fault because you implicitly and outwardly supported a system of goverment and culture that made sure that your son and people who look like him or given the most and first of every benefit this country has to offer and in doing so shut out anyone you asked to be given equal consideration.<br> <br> I could go on and on but I think you see my point. I'm christian and I love my brothers and sisters in Christ, however many of my brothers and sisters who don't look like me should seek the promise of equality outside as well as within the church, only then can people of different cultures trying feel that they are included in the promise that this &quot;christian&quot; nation promised to all of it's people.<br> <br> Feel free to respond and I will converse and answer any question you may have. <p><hr color=gray size=1><p> I couldn't agree with your article more! To add my own 2 cents worth - as usual, the &quot;silent majority&quot; has been silent on this issue. Thank you for offering a place where people can express their concerns to someone who will listen, and for sending comments to the people who should hear them.<br> <br> What's happening these days in our country is crazy! When are we going to stop the madness <p><hr color=gray size=1><p> Rebecca, <p>Thanks for giving me a chance to blow off some steam. I live in a town with an all female college, Cottey College in Nevada, MO. Trust me I see male bashing all the time, you might even say it's a sport for some.</p> <p>Two stories that illustrate this, a few years back a young man and woman at Brown University were drunk, had consensual sex and the young woman later filed rape charges against the guy. I think it was Geraldo Rivera who went to the campus to ask some questions and was practically run off campus by angry students who thought the young man should be thrown out. I had something of a similar, but milder reception, from some Cottey students when I asked one a question similar to Geraldo's: Why don't BOTH students bear the same amount of responsibility for the incident? They were very upset that I suggested the young lady bear any responsibility for her actions.<br> They had no problem saying the young man was a rapist and worse.</p> <p><br> I've covered events at the college where I'm the only man around and sometimes the young women seem to go out of their way to try to offend me, usually by using sexual references or complaining about male potency, noises or smells, especially flatulence. One time I was sitting at a table and a student in a very low cut blouse came by and offered some kind of nosh.<br> Since it was Cottey the food was not exactly appealing to me (a cucumber slice on a piece of melba toast or some such nonsense) I thanked her but declined the offer. She repeated the offer several more times with other similar food, bending over towards me each time. The last time she did it she was practically tipping over she had bent forward so far. I glanced at her to tell her I didn't want any and she took one hand off of the tray and tapped her forehead and said: &quot;I'm up here.&quot; Several of the students broke out laughing and it looked to me like I had been deliberately set up.</p> <p>There are other times when you can't really point to anything concrete about it but you just get a feeling that men are not welcome at some things. There is a new president now and it does seems the atmosphere is less hostile, less strident around there.</p> <p><br> On an amusing note I saw a funny (to me anyway) Dear Abby column about a woman complaining that her husband always left the seat up on the toilet.<br> The wife would come in and would sit down without looking and get a chilly reception. She complained that he just wouldn't learn to put the seat down.<br> I wrote a column that included what my response would have been: For 25 years you've known that your husband leaves the seat up yet you never think to stop and put it down before sitting? Who's the one with a learning disability?</p> <p>I got several responses, all negative. A couple took me to task for using bathroom humor but the rest all were aghast that I didn't think the husband a total cad. (I did say he should put the seat down to be polite.) I just thought the wife should use her noggin before thumping down on cold porcelain. Women hectored me for months about that column.<br> </p> <p><hr color=gray size=1><p> <p>Rebacca, You hit the nail on the head about males being bashed all over the media. I am the father of two boys and it's disgusting how TV potrays us 80% of the time. But let one white man say something really stupid about minority women and the whole country is in an outrage. I would like to see the CD collections of the Rutgers girls team and I would almost bet that women are called much worse things in some of those so called songs than what Imus said about them. Keep up the good work and don't ever back off, the opposition never does.</p> <p><hr color=gray size=1><p> <p>Hi Rebecca,<br> <br> I thought it was just me for a while, I've noticed the commercials and movies all portraying our young men or fathers as idiots and I wondered what was happening to the respect. <br> <br> I hear co-workers the majority of are minorities and their mouths are full of contempt for men. The way they even treat their men is despicable.<br> <br> I am going to pass your article around and I hope this country wakes up, not unlike the things spoken of in the book The Marketing of Evil, we need to wake up those that are sleeping and being led down a path of destruction for this country.<br> </p> <p><hr color=gray size=1><p> <p>Thank you for your wonderful piece on Imus, PC and white males! Your voice is a welcome tone in our moment of national suicide. And thank you so much for the generous endorsement of our book, Energy Zappers. <br> <br> </p> <p><hr color=gray size=1><p> I didn't email you your appearance on O'reilly's show, or any other article you have written on the subject, but I would be remiss if I didn't email you this time.<br> <br> Thank you for your attention to this matter. I was wondering if it was just me, am I just that easily offended? It is not only the shows on TV, but the advertisements too. In almost all the ads where there is a buffoon, it almost always is a white male, the easy target.<br> <br> People had better turn off their plasma TVs, get off their 4-wheelers, and see what is happening in this &quot;once great country&quot;. Expanding on the subject a bit--conservatism (morality) is dead. The hole has been dug, the coffin lowered. All that is left is the dirt in the hole. God save our country!<br> <br> Keep up the good work.<br> <p><hr color=gray size=1><p> Rebecca,<br> Thank you for you commentary I read this morning on World News Daily. The double standard is deplorable to me as a white male. Why is only white males are racist? A black comedian can say anything he wants in any forum and it is OK. A white comedian says something similar he is run off stage, hits the apology circuit. I refer to Michael Richards.<br> Imus made inappropriate remarks, apologize and move on. When did it become a world with no mistakes allowed? The ones driving this are Al Shaprton and the like who needs divisiveness to keep their jobs.<br> <br> <p><hr color=gray size=1><p> As a father of three homeschooled children I can really relate to most of what you say. However I think being &quot;civil&quot; to the cultural marxists is no longer an alternative. Do you have any idea what these monsters would like to do to us? Read the e-mail that the woman who &quot;outed &quot;Al Gore's profligate lifestyle received to get an idea. It will make you sick- and fearful.The time for &quot;nice&quot; is long over. If we mean for ourselves and our progeny to survive-and in the long run nothing else matters-then we, and they, must learn how to think and to fight. It isn't going to be &quot;nice&quot;.<br> <p><hr color=gray size=1><p> Well Rebecca, the only thing I can think of is: <p>The next time an office machine breaks down, the office mgr. should call a female techy to do the repairs.</p> <p><hr color=gray size=1><p> Most especially white males, this needs to STOP immediately. My son (I am his mother) and talk often about what has happened to the white male image in America and how women in their push for equality (which we have had since the beginning of time) have created this monster. The young women hold the &quot;children&quot; over the young men's heads, if you don't do what I want, you will never see this child again, etc. Men are made out to be total idiots in the media and NOW in the homes across America. This has always been the greatest nation on earth since it's inception, women are destroying it along with panywaist men. I would like some ideas about where to begin to turn this thing around.<br> Thanks for letting me blow off steam. <p><hr color=gray size=1><p> Rebecca: <p>I'm of Hispanic background and I really think that we are trapped by our own laws. Today nobody can express anything at all without offending someone because people are taking comments too personal. and groups are getting too sensible.</p> <p>You're right the white male has nothing and no group backing them and it's time they get together and fight for it; they are loosing a battle without even trying.</p> <p>I'm againts quotas and using minority status to advance in anything.</p> <p>People should get things or advance because their own merits and capabilities not because gender, religion or race. Everyone should have the same opportunities if you qualify for it.</p> <p>And we should be less sensible about comments so people can enjoy life the way it used to be and not try to get others for what they say.<br> <p><hr color=gray size=1><p> I am a conservative Christian white male father. The worst of all worlds according to the &quot;PC&quot; crowd. You are right when you say that the portrayal of Men is seriously flawed, but this man couldn't care less what the &quot;PC&quot; crowd thinks of me. This CCWMF is too busy earning a living and trying to be a roll model to my 2 kids, to be offended. <p>I choose to teach my children the value of being self-sufficient, relying only on God's promise to ensure my children a heritage they can be proud of. Self esteem comes by teaching children to do the right things the right way, for God's glory.</p> <p>I have to answer only to God, for the talents I have been given and how I used them. Others will have a lot more to explain on &quot;that&quot; day.</p> <p>May God have mercy on all of us for the way we handled the stewardship of his creation. <br> </p> <p><hr color=gray size=1><p> I agree with your article in every way and with every point made. Thank you for being a voice and not an echo. <p>My husband and I pastor a church in the Fort Worth area, and we endeavor to build up each of our male members and encourage them to reach and fulfill their God-given potential.<br> </p> <p><hr color=gray size=1><p> Hi Rebecca; Re; your article, Imus, white males and PC discrimination. While I agree totally about the Jackass formula that TV shows use to make fun of males, as well as the other things said in the article, why now, after what? 30 years of his crass remarks and putdowns is he being castigated for saying what he did about those women? That's my question, WHY NOW? (I don't care for his show, but have seen it a few times, because a friend of mine watched it.) It is my understanding that the blacks themselves have come up with these phrases, and worse , but let a white person say them and they are automatic racist put downs. I wonder when people are going to quit wearing their feelings on their sleeves and stop being so sensitive? I don't believe things would have gone as far as they did if it were not for that clown, Al Sharpton sticking his nose in it. And Imus going on Al's show and kissing Al's donkey just made things worse, because Al is/was not looking for an apology, Al was out for blood as always. The black people would be better off without Al Sharpton or Jesse Jackson. To quote the infamous words of Rodney King....Why can't we all just get along? ( Hope this makes sense, I tried to keep it short. ) <br> <p><hr color=gray size=1><p> Thank you for your observations. I sense a growing undercurrent of resentment on the part of many white males. I am sick and tired of the inane stupidity of the media and advertisers who constantly degrade white men. I long ago tuned out broadcast TV as it seems to be designed to put us down in as many ways as possible, from program content to the ads. I consciously avoid products I associate with this treatment and frequently ask friends to do so as well. The feminization of this society has been a disaster for both sexes and the unremitting attack on white guys will eventually boomerang to nobody's benefit. I m a former U.S. Marine, a member of a brotherhood that values the man and respects the individual, unfortunately, the money grubs running media and ad agencies will never understand those principles. <p><hr color=gray size=1><p> Rebecca <P> You hit so many "hot buttons", I don't know where to start. <P> First - thanks for weighing in on the side of us guys. There are times when I need a "hug", and that was well timed and appreciated! <P> Best wishes to your son as he starts college. And those wishes extend to Mom and Dad, too - it's quite an experience leaving your child at college and then coming home to his empty room. Our youngest is a freshman at Truman State University (Kirksville, MO). We were fortunate in that he was able to qualify for several academic scholarships available to the "general population". But what you say about scholarships for every imaginable cause is true! <P> My take on the news media in general - this 24X7 news cycle has got to stop and take a breath. What Imus said was crude and offensive& we all agree& now let's move on. The round-the-clock-live-in-your-face-here's-the-latest-news just blows every little blip into a major crisis. I'd really like to see this sort of outrage equally distributed to all of those who say or do such crude and offensive things. That would certainly shut down a lot of this disgusting rap music! It s like I used to ask the ref's when I coached my son's teams - let's call the game the same at both ends. <P> Thanks for the great articles and your work at Heritage! <p><hr color=gray size=1><p> Ms. Hagelin: I wrote to your Worldnet email address and then realized that I should have sent it to this address. <P> I must thank you for your article regarding "White Males and PC Discrimination." I am a 44 year old white male, father of 4 (2 boys and 2 girls), married to a wonderful woman. We are Christians. My twin brother and I have discussed this very topic for years. We have noticed how print media, TV commercials and TV Show (and movies) consistently portray White Males as Fat, out of shape, bald, stupid, nerdy, out of touch, uncool, ugly babbling idiots. Commercial after commercial and show after show portray Dads and White Men in this fashion and it's wrong. Few have the nerve to point this out for fear of being called racist or bigoted but it's refreshing to know that many others have noticed this. I am 5'11" 195 lbs. I workout with weights, I have a black belt in both Japanese and Korean Karate, I run, I play full court basketball, and competitive softball, I am not fat, I am not bald, I am College educated and work in a white collar Sales Director's capacity, I am active in Church. I coach youth baseball, football and basketball and rarely attend professional sporting events (I would rather watch my son's and daughters play a game than any Pro Sport Team), I don't drink Miller or Bud Light and comment on the cheerleaders (I prefer Red or White Wine), I read the Bible and try to apply it to our daily lives, I love my wife and respect her (She is beautiful), I try to be a positive role model for my kids and refuse the have MTV, Actors/actresses or Sports figures impact their developmental years and closely montior our public schools. But you would never know someone like me exists by watching TV, going to movies or reading print media. Keep up the good work. I am going to buy your book. <P> Thanks again. <p><hr color=gray size=1><p> Hello Rebecca <P> I would like to comment on the Imus situation.He never stopped calling President Bush throughout the Katrina debacle a racist because according to Imus the people were left on rooftops in New Orleans because they had black faces.This was everyday.What kind of irresponsibility on his part might have caused more racial divide hearing that for a year? He also attacked Catholics through his surrogate Bernard. He had no problem when he was attacking Republicans for bigotry and usually thought they had to be removed from their positions even after an apology for saying mean spirited words.Still I do not think Imus had to be pulled off the air waves because of his comment bigoted as it was. All you have to do is turn on tv and see everyone is usually portrayed in some awful way.White men are portrayed as you have said as lazy dopes on sitcoms. My pet peeve are commercials.The parents of a young child are usually middle to late fifties in age.What is that all about? Parents men and women of three year olds by a majority are in their early thirties.An entire generation is not seen in white commercials.It is the old babyboomers in these commercials as parents now of preschoolers.Please stop the madness.Ridiculous. The bottom line is the culture is so crude now that just about anything goes.There is no more shame.People used to be ashamed of themselves but now they all whine about their upbringing or some other reason for shameful behavior. I do not see Imus as the poster boy of bad behavior.There is enough of it to go around all over the place.I just wish the media would stop their hypocrisy all around. <p><hr color=gray size=1><p> Dear Rebecca <P> As a person who works in mental health, I make it a point to observe the various behaviors around me. (both male and female) <P> The most notable of those are the actions of many women in our society who have taken on the appeal of feminist ideology. <P> While prancing about as women, they are more like men and castrated ones at that. It is disheartening for men to see the women of our society bastardized to the point of compulsion while vilifying the very ones who would honor them with respect and place. <P> Because men live with the results of the feminist movement on a daily basis, it has become impossible to speak to women on any terms, comment to women on any level or subject, or view them with anything but contempt. <P> Our children also have been subjected to much of the same. Still the media persists in honoring women above all. Women have been placed in a class of people who are beyond reproach and exalted to lofty places. <P> While the light shines on women as glorified humans, it is the children and men who see them for what they have become. The ascended masters of the feminist movement, media and government can no longer glorify life in all its diversity. It can only exalt itself as the authority for the rest of us. I find it hard to imagine any other description more fitting the modern woman as the ones portrayed of them as one hears on radio, television, music and from government gobblygook. <P> Women will find it easy to maintain their position in the feminist movement but the contempt of them by their men and children will however last for generations or as the neanderthals in evolution put it, until the next stage of progress overtakes them,( someday). One can only hope that as with all things, change will take place for the better; despite our societies acceptance of the feminist culture and its aversion to sensibility. Real men continue to look for women who will not compromise their feminity to anyone and hope for the day when women will once again value themselves as the people God intended them to be. <p><hr color=gray size=1><p> I am a mother of two (going on three) white middle-class males and I came to the realization that the middle-class, white male was the most discriminated group of people about ten years ago. I was in my last years of having been a collegiate track and field athlete (I threw shot put and javelin) and saw first hand the effects of Title IX. I was at a school in northern Utah (Utah State University) that had for several years one of the best wrestling programs in the nation. It had to be cut because of Title IX. The university did not have a men's baseball team, men's swimming team, and tennis had been moved to a "club" status. In fact the only men's sports programs were football (a huge scholarship drain) and basketball and track. The fact of the matter is Title IX is based on the number of scholarships a school gives out. The women's programs have to have the same number as the men's and when a school has a football program with so many people on the team, its hard for a women's program to catch up. In fact the last year I was at USU they were trying to find one more women's team to start up because they were short one and were violating Title IX. They already had volleyball, gymnastics, softball, track, and tennis but had to come up with another one. Smaller schools that don't bring in a lot of athletic revenue struggle the most. <P> On another note, I also was applying to medical schools during my junior year of college. I was a 3.5 student and did o.k. on the MCAT. I only got two interviews and was not accepted at any school. I was told by one interviewer that he did not doubt I could do the work, just that my MCAT wasn't good enough. I was not too disappointed because I came to realize that if I had been a male I probably would not had even gotten any interviews because I knew guys that had better gpa's than me and better MCAT scores and did not get any interviews at all. I guess all I was missing was being a minority. <P> In the long run my life has turned out wonderful and I don't regret not going to medical school. I am a mother of three going on four and am very happy. At times I worry about my children, especially my sons, but I know that if they work hard they can achieve anything, no matter the odds. It might be harder than it should be, but it will all work out. <p><hr color=gray size=1><p> I just read your article in WND about the way white men are treated in the media and I couldn't agree more with you. I'm soon to be 57 years old and for at least half of my adult life I have seen it happen progressively more since my early twenties.I have two girls and two boys and I have refereed cat fights, gunfights, small wars and large ones. on the other hand I have also fixed cars, mended broken hearts, bruises bumps, scrapes and scratches galore. I have also managed to maintain a healthy relationship with my wife thirty-six years. I happen to think my mother-in-law is the neatest woman on this earth[next to her youngest daughter] and I wouldn't trade her for the preverbial farm in Texas. I moonlight as an unpaid bluegrass musician in my spare time.I am always on call to my children 24-7 and wouldn't have it anyother way. By the way, my kids would be the first to defend me as a stereotype whit male so I'm pretty secure with where I'm at in life. I just hate to see young men being taught that they are only buffoons and are to be scorned and rediculed by those in the know ie. tv and mainstream media and last but not least the primetime commercials. Thanks for asking for input from one of us outside the "normal" folk. I like your articles and always try to read them wherever I see them. <p><hr color=gray size=1><p> Dear Rebecca: <P> I just read the article, "Imus, White Males..." and appreciate your common sense. I would like to give some of my impressions as to why there is no male outrage. One major reason is that males have been taught from a very young age that "You don't hit girls", which has been interpreted in more than one way. Throughout my life, I've heard such statements as: "Boys don't hit girls" or "If a girl hits you, don't be a coward and hit her back". But it's also been ingrained into the male mentality that males don't verbally attack females. Therefore, if a female calls a male a pig, for example, a gentleman does not retaliate, even making a complaint is viewed as him acting somewhat like a sissy. <P> Being masculine is meant to be understood that males can take anything. Females can be more daring, such as demanding to be on a school football team, and defying anyone to say that she cannot perform as well as her male peers. Of course, nobody is supposed to notice that her male peers will play more gently with her. Now, if a male wants to join a female team, he will be teased and ostracized. <P> So males are being portrayed as morons on tv? What male will dare "cry" about that? Males should not cry, and complaining can be looked at as crying. Males should not make themselves look vulnerable by complaining. Females, however, are viewed as having a reason to complain when they complain. At one time they couldn't vote, so their actions changed that. I never saw that as such a great injustice because there are so many people who don't bother to vote, yet we still hear feminists ululate about when women didn't have this right. Males still have to enlist with the military, but females still don't-and males still haven't taken action to change this gender discrimination. <P> The feminist movement has gotten away with making unreasonable and illogical demands because males should not fight back, but accept what females want. Males generally want to please females by giving up seats, protecting them, graciously allowing them to go first, etc. Feminists now seem to assume that this special respect for females is a natural right, and therefore, females should be respected and males should be looked at with a keen, critical eye. <P> Another observation I've made is that females tend to band together and protect each other and stand up for each other. Males seem to be more individualistic. For example, males generally don't group together to complain about unfair laws against divorced fathers until it has hit them personally. Nobody pities an unfairly treated male, but nobody, neither males nor females, will tolerate poor treatment of any female. <P> To this day, we don't even hear about the logical reasons women were discriminated against in the past. In education, males needed a better education because they were the providers. In employment, males not only needed better jobs to provide, but also were and still are more reliable. Yes, there are exceptions, but males don't get pregnant and generally don't take time off of work to tend to their children's needs. I've recently read that health insurance providers unfairly discriminate against females because female health care is more costly. However, males still aren't fighting the unjust higher car and life insurance policies that males have to pay. <P> Anyway, the bottom line is that males haven't organized themselves in high enough numbers to make an impact for necessary change. Illogical opinions about male inferiority and female superiority are a strong part of our culture, and it won't change until ardent feminists are forced to listen to reason. <p><hr color=gray size=1><p> Good day ! <P> When, in the 70s, America started to give the store away to minorities at the expense of whites...I left NYC for good. I'm a white guy. I was on the bottom of the totem pole & I knew it. No education equals no money. I know how blacks feel when they are descriminated against. Because it's happened to me. And I assure you...it's infuriating. But somehow, I feel it does not happen to blacks as much as they think. And it happens to whites more than anyone knows. Did you see the latest FBI crime data ? Black on white crime is second only to black on black crime. With Imus, the media would have us all believe it's the Jim Crow era all over again. When in fact, it's the opposite. What about all the great work Imus has done with his free hospitals, etc. in New Jersey ? Not a word from the media about that. The media has failed us once again. Pathetic. <p><hr color=gray size=1><p> I agree with you 100% as a white man, I have not always been a saint but I am not the inept knuckle dragging moron that is all over the television. The women are brilliant and the men can't dress themselves. I have also experienced it in the classrooom. I had absolutely no help, and none was offered when I went to college. I am drowning in student loans, yet most of the people that I spoke with in school, minorities and women had grants and loans and didn't have to pay a dime. But everywhere I turn the big bad white man did it. I am sick of it. I am also a staunch Biblical conservative. I fully expect to be drug out of my house and beheaded before my life is over because of who I am, and what I believe. <p><hr color=gray size=1><p> Hi, <P> Thanks for the high five on us males. Keep up the good work, because god knows this USA needs all the "un-pc" media it can get. <p><hr color=gray size=1><p> Hi Rebecca, <P> Of course you're right. On every point! I only Thank God that nobody will know that my son is white since his Mother is from Thailand. I've noticed the trend to treat boys (particularly white boys) as 2nd class citizens for over 20 yrs now. Not to mention patriotic, conservative, heterosexual Christians. <P> It's apparent that this Nation has a particularly sociopathic need to find a group to scapegoat. The best scapegoats are the always the ones who don't fight back. With so much self-loathing and a turn-the-other-cheek mentality nobody could be a better target than a contemporary white male Christian. This culturally accepted abuse will continue until the white male finds the will to fight back. <P> Like all bullies, the leftist and feminist bully will cease to pick on someone who is willing to throw a counter punch. I learned this at an early age when I attended school. I came home one day and told my Mother that a bully was picking on me and her response was to hit them back. Needless to say I did and the bully went away, never to return again. I've been fighting back ever since. <P> What surprised me when I moved out West was how many white male liberals were part of the problem. While they were always quick to point out how evil I was as a result of my heritage and gender they were equally quick to exempt themselves from their own harsh judgment. Since they were the liberal, enlightened ones they were somehow able to rise up and above the guilt inherent to their race and gender. At my expense. <P> What disappointed me the most was how our older generation was able to ease their conscience at the expense of their children and grandchildren. People no longer do what's best for Americans or America. Rather, they only act in their own best interest, especially politically. <P> The reason that Christians are also such a popular target is because they preach tolerance. Another reason is because Christians try to live up to standards which make the liberal uncomfortable with themselves. Liberals typically point out the splinter in another's eye, but never remove the beam from their own eye, to use biblical terms. They project their own despicable behavior onto those of us who are comfortable with the way in which we conduct our lives. <P> I realize that I will be unable to change the world, but I will refuse to be a part of it. Another proverb from that good book comes to mind. Don't follow the ways of the world. Hard to do, but I will try. I've found strength in my older age by no longer caring what others think and by recognizing that such hate filled rhetoric is beneath me. I'm also happy to see a growing conservative movement in this country. We can no longer afford to tear down the very foundation of this country. The Christian white male has much to be proud of. The only way to deny us our respect is to revise history which some will attempt to do every day. <P> In the end I'm confident that good will triumph and that we will answer for what we do and how we conduct our lives. Not by how others portray us. <p><hr color=gray size=1><p> you have expressed my thougths to a tee and I appreciate the candor. I have two sons and three daughters and three grandsons and two grand daughters. <P> the stigma that is placed on my teen son is (white christian) daunting. <P> i also believe that when we let our duaghters (I dont) say yes and not NO... we opened up a pandoras box that treats everyone as if they are only sex objects and nothing else. The only value they have is waht they do with thier bodies and who they do it with. <P> I have pains takingly taught our children the truth about sex and drugs. My job is to see that my children make it thuorgh the 12 grade (now college) without a life altering event that some teeny popper or rap song dared or pressured my child into a stupid desision that will affect them for life. <P> I enjoyed your column it spoke volumns. <P> Keep up the fight and be well. <p><hr color=gray size=1><p> Just read your latest column. Wow! That was a breath of fresh air! <P> As a white male (and father of three white males), it sure gets tiresome being blamed for all of this society s misdeeds in history. Thanks! Let s hope your thoughtful piece will become part of a tidal wave of sentiment that discrimination to  get even is still discrimination. <p><hr color=gray size=1><p> I am a truck driver in Chicago right now, I read your article, many of us truck drivers agree with exactly what you are saying, personally I have sent Johnson and Johnson an e-mail expressing my frustration with their advertising making the white male look like a dolt, and until the ad's change I will not be using their products in the future, I DID NOT GET A RESPONSE, AND STILL DO NOT, AND, WILL NOT, USE THEIR PRODUCTS. <P> IN MY OPINION THE FEMINISTS OF AMERICA HAVE RUINED THE TRUCKING INDUSTRY, BY COMPLAINING ABOUT THE TRUCK DRIVERS, CITING STATISTICS THAT THEY KNOW NOTHING ABOUT, AND IGNORING THE STATISTICS THAT THE TRUCK DRIVERS ARE NOT AT FAULT IN OVER 80% OF THE ACCIDENTS IN AMERICA, ( SEE REPORT DONE BY THE AAA IN 2004) THEY HAVE TURNED AMERICA AGAINST 1/100TH OF THE WORKING AMERICAN PEOPLE <P> 1 OUT OF EVERY 100 PEOPLE IN AMERICA IS AN OVER THE OVER THE ROAD TRUCK DRIVER, IMAGINE THAT. (300,000,000 PEOPLE IN AMERICA, THERE ARE 3,000,000 OVER THE ROAD TRUCK DRIVERS) <P> I AM SO SICK OF THE FEMINISTS, BUT HAVE NO IDEA WHAT TO DO OR HOW TO DO IT TO COMBAT THEIR VILE, THEIR POISON, THE WAY THEY ARE RUINING THE AMERICAN SOCIETY WE AS PROFESSIONALS AND CITIZENS HAVE WORKED SO HARD TO CREATE. <P> I CAN SAY SO MUCH MORE ON THIS TOPIC BUT YOU HAVE MANY EMAILS TO READ, THANKS FOR STANDING UP FOR THE AMERICAN WHITE MALE, <P> <p><hr color=gray size=1><p> I'd like to tell you about my godson. Matthew is 8, almost 9 and just barely broke 50 pounds. In third grade, he's a straight A student, a boy scout, and one of the most caring kids you'll ever see. He's usually at the bottom of the class (both boys and girls) for size and weight. This is where the fun comes in. After trying him in soccer, basketball, and baseball - the St. Louis Trinity - he hated them all. His parents finally gave in and let him play ice hockey. His second year playing he made the travel team and had a great time. Last year his father forced him to branch out into new sports so he wouldn't be pigeon-holed into hockey. He picked lacrosse and field hockey. This is where the fun comes in Hockey will not be sanctioned in anyway by the state of Missouri. At first it was said it was because of the insurance liability, until someone pointed out cheerleading and football both have higher rates. Then it was because the cost of ice time. When teams volunteered to chip in the cost of ice if the schools would pay for coaches and officials.. nothing happened. Suddenly it became apparent that it was because they are boys. Lacrosse is even worse. Next year, girls' lacrosse will become a state sanctioned sport. That's a good thing. Problem is, with more teams, and more players on each team, boys were left out. One district, Parkway, budgeted $107,000 for four girls teams, but still charges the boys club lacrosse to even use their fields Then there is field hockey. Luckily he found a private league to play one now, Gateway Field Hockey, but state rules say he will not be allowed to play for his school, because he is a boy. It doesn't matter that field hockey is a non-contact sport or that he is small for his age. He is a boy so he is not allowed to play. <P> Three sports, three strikes, all because he is a boy <p><hr color=gray size=1><p> I am disgusted with the way Don Imus was treated. I am not a fan of his as I do not care for "shock jock" radio or TV, but the man made a tasteless joke. This idea that these poor women are forever scarred is silly. If one stupid remark has forever ruined their psychic they all need some psychiatric counseling. It really brought their great athletic ability, which most people were not aware of, to the notice of the nation. <P> Unfortunately, as has been said by many people, this just goes to show the difference between being a white, heterosexual, male in this society, and everyone else. No matter what happens Jesse "Hymie town" Jackson and Al "Tawana Brawley" Sharpton always rush in screaming racism. Where were they when the boys from Duke University were declared innocent? Why didn't they hold press conferences telling everyone how sorry they were for the racial slurs and remarks made against white males? Where was Jesse Jackson offering a free college scholarship for those boys like he did for their accuser after it was proved she lied about the whole thing and ruined their lives? <P> I, for one, will never watch MSNBC again and will not listen to CBS. One person won't make a difference, but I would like to see white people boycott the sponsors the same as the minority people always threaten to. We are being intimidated for every time we turn around because we are "racists". I am sick of the word, and I am sick of the sick music in the black community that is sacred to them but just don't let a white person say the same thing. I am sick of these loud mouths that get on TV and shout down the other people on the program. What happens to our rights as plain white people who truly are the "silent majority". From the blogs I have read there is a lot of anger out there. Some of the black people are shocked at the anger expressed by white people in the blogs. Do they think they alone have a right to their thoughts and feelings? It works both ways. <P> This whole situation is disgusting, and I am sick of a country where our real "leaders" are people who get up and shout down everyone who does not agree with them. I hope that white people will start watching every remark made by a minority, and start responding with the same venom as the black community displays toward white America, and I hope they demand the person be fired. Then we will see the true power in America for a change. <p><hr color=gray size=1><p> That is the main reason we no longer watch "mainstream" television in our home. Men are viewed as idiots while women are wise and all knowing. Interesting how in the 1950's and 60's women were homemakers who were quietly wise in some shows as were men. Today, the only honest shows that shows a real family home are 7th Heaven, Everyone Hates Chris, and Bernie Mac. The rest all portray men as clueless drinkers who barely have a job. With that, we mainly watch Discovery, History, Cartoon, or Comedy Channels.... and Fox News. <p><hr color=gray size=1><p> I think Imus was just showing how the rapper community, black and white, talk about women. <P> See, he was attacking the rappers, not the women. To achieve this he was talking like a rapper not as himself. This is so elementary. <P> No way is he a racist. He is a comedian and someone in touch with the whole world, not just a small part of the world like some who try to control thought for their own selfish political reasons. <P> Haven't his critics ever listened to the way he presents his skits before? Or was this just too good a chance for demagogues to ignore? <P> I think we all know that answer now. <P> I like to listen to the radio "right" too. Some of them would go at this another way. They might just denounce rappers and their crude ways. Imus achieves the same result and adds humor to the mix. In the early morning people want fun not lectures as they battle sleepiness or traffic or both. <P> Sadly in our PC "1984" world that doesn't work too well anymore I guess. <P> Why didn't he say this or something like this too? <P> I hope he writes a juicy "tells all" book now on all those former friends who turned on him. I'll bet that won't be PC. <P> Go get 'em I-MAN! <p><hr color=gray size=1><p> Well said! Author! Author! The last time I saw the angry white male rise up was during the Bush-Gore vote recounts in Florida. It is high time we stop this PC emasculation. <p><hr color=gray size=1><p> Your observations regarding discrimination against white males is, indeed, a shameful, stupid and detrimental reality in contemporary American culture. Your courage to point this out is admirable. The false notion that men and women are "equal", now deeply ingrained in our society, will inevitably lead us towards further deterioration. Instead, we should proudly celebrate the differences between genders. We must cherish the core differences simply because nature itself has made us equally dependant on each other and recognizing this will point us towards a virtuous cycle going forward. One of the most glaring differences between genders is the males instinct for risk taking balanced by risk aversion by females. This delicate balance has been essential to a prosperous civilization. <p><hr color=gray size=1><p> Thank You Rebecca! <P> It is so rare that I ever find anyone willing to speak in defense of me. I struggle to find anything written or produced for the media that portrays the person I am or the hero that I want for my son. <P> One of the prime examples of who made us look bad is Bill Clinton, the typical 'Anglo-Saxon adulterous pig male', (no hero for my son) and yet the media and this country excuse his behavior. "Hey, he's just a typical white male and that's what guys do." <P> They are so wrong! <p><hr color=gray size=1><p> Ms. Hagelin, <P> I salute you in Jesus' Name. My thanks to you and all your 'Home Invasion' colleagues for your service to His Kingdom. <P> I enjoyed reading your article on the Christian Worldview Network site. I had to laugh because I fear that I am one of those straight white males that might, if judged prejudicially, be seen as a 'mook' of a man... lazy, sloppy, woman-ogling, etc. Especially if you were to see how I look on Saturday! <P> Now, I would love to think that my precious wife would contest this view of me, and there are days when she is still happy that she married me. Nevertheless, I would argue that the Media is venting what I call the 'Don Rickles' instinct... you may be too young to remember Mr. Rickles, but he was very popular in his day. He was a comic whose whole 'schtick' was to roam through the audience poking fun at his fans.... they loved the ribbing. I would submit that in this pc-paralyzed culture of ours where we can't even read certain passages of sacred scripture in public without fear of being accused of felonious 'hate speech', there are simply no targets left for even good-humored ribbing. Though there is nothing in Scripture to support this idea, I would bet that in their most relaxed moments, Jesus and His disciples probably joked around amongst themselves to blow off steam. <P> Anyway, I guess my point is that if a straight white male is fortunate enough to love God, and is called according to His purposes, the desperately unfortunate trend you have accurately identified in the media will not have much effect. We in the Body of Christ are held up to a standard of such a different ilk as to be unrecognizable to the world. On behalf of all my straight white male brethren, I applaud your journalistic courage, but I think we can take it. <P> As soon as I find the remote, I am going to sit back down in front of the TV, open another beer, and ignore my family in favor of another episode of the Wide World of Wrestling. (just kidding about the beer... I am thrilled to be able to share that, through the power of the Holy Spirit and because I belong to Jesus, I am a recovering alcoholic with over 18 years of sobriety... Praise the Lord!!!) <p><hr color=gray size=1><p> I agree with your article and I think it's a shame the way men are portrayed on TV. Women have also been portrayed in the same manner - even worse because they add the sex card to the equation and make them out to be bimbos and dumb blondes. I refuse to watch these programs. I prefer shows like House, ER and Lost which portray good human characteristics. <p><hr color=gray size=1><p> Dear Rebecca, <P> Must tell you that just as I logged on I was thinking ACLU and came up with "Anti-Christian Lawyers United"--fair, don't you think? <P> I totally agree with your assessment of fathers and sons, our teenage boys. I agree that the 3 young Duke men were much more mature in their news conference than many adults have been. <P> I am sorry that you have not been able to find scholarships for your son, and also that he won't be able to play the sport for which he has prepared himself at the college he chose. In 1988 we were searching for scholarships for our daughters to attend Bob Jones University, since they do not accept federal funds, etc. There was nothing available for our straight A student who received the highest grades honor of the entire University her freshman year there, and this would have been her senior year in high school. I, too, found the scholarships available to everyone but those with high grades, so we were paying for two girls in college from our own pockets. <P> We know that anything said from the pulpit, Christian airwaves and Christians themselves will be unfairly judged and put on the "high moral judgement" of Sharpton and Jacks