Note: I am not here to bully anyone, I’m actually here to educate. I’ve taken many classes regarding colorblind issues like this. Prior to this article, I did have a conversation with this author and it has pushed me to write a response in order for her to realize what she has said.

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In response to: "Being A White Female In Today's Society Is Not All Fun And Games, Fact"

The minute I read the title of this article, I knew it was going to be very colorblind. What’s funny is that I do not get what you were trying to say, but it had nothing to do with you being white, and it was a “woe is me” article.

“Being a white girl living in the middle class makes these situations that occur in society much more difficult. We are held to a certain standard, life stories are assumed about us, stereotypes and stigmas are enforced without any valid reasoning.”

So, the stereotypes, stigmas, and life stories assumed about people of color are validated? Because those aren’t either, there are stereotypes for everyone.

In America, white is not considered a color, it’s normal. Being of a different color is considered a disability — unless it’s for sports, math or to clean.

You go on a tangent about people holding you to a stigma because you’re a white woman and your major is engineering. You’re also considered a “minority” because there are not many women in your career.

It also seems that being a minority is considered at a lower level than your male counterparts, this is what it feels like to be of a different color surrounded by those who are of the majority, lower-level.

“In most of my classes, there will be a mere four or five in a classroom of 30 or more people. Most people have said that I am at an advantage because I am a "minority" attempting to succeed in this career field. I do not feel that is true. I feel that, as a female, I need to prove myself more than my male peers, that I have to make a name for myself and show others that I can succeed, regardless of how much I may struggle.

No one is saying you do not work hard.

The reason there are fewer women than men in your class is that society pushes women towards dolls, easy-bake ovens, and toy kitchens. Whereas boys are given toolsets and cars, which can later develop into a career interest. Kudos to you for overcoming the manipulation of gender roles.

“Yes, I have a scholarship that allows me to have some comfort in paying my tuition. But, I have never received a scholarship for the color of my skin or my gender.”

Neither have I, neither have most of the people at school and if they have it’s because over 65% of FGCU’s student body is of Caucasian descent.

This comment can be considered as a macroaggression, looking down on others for getting a scholarship based on the color of their skin and assuming they haven’t worked for it.

You don’t seem to think that being a white woman is an advantage because of the struggles that all women go through. Being cat-called, inequality, and sexism.

My friends and I are affected by inequality every day because of the color of our skin. Some of us are not considered pretty because of the lack of western features. Some of us are sexualized by the media for looking the way we do.

Newsflash, white women are not the only women who get cat-called.

“I am here to explain how every culture and gender and background and community has their own ups and downs. One community should never be targeted for a specific situation or event. A small group of individuals should never define a whole community. I was called vulnerable for the way I portray myself through my writing, and I take an immense amount of pride in that. I am not afraid to share how I feel or how I view things.”

The white community is not targeted for specific events, no one is going around killing all the white people because another white boy shot up a school.

You are right, a small group of individuals should not be targeted for specific situation or event.

But you in-turn have targeted other individuals because it’s not all fun and games being white. You obviously know it’s not all fun and games being black, Hispanic, or Asian.

Did you hear about the black girl who was hung by two white boys on Facebook live?

Or the boy who was hung by his white classmates?

What you really seem to be angry about is that you were called vulnerable, make that the point of your argument- do not bring race into it. Because at the end of the day, you are not considered a race by societal standards. You do have greater life chances than any other women of color in your major.

You may think this article is being racist towards you, but reverse racism does not exist.

I feel as though you need to apologize to your viewers of color for the ignorant message you’ve sent out. I do not feel you meant harm by it, but you don’t understand that there are so many people today who are in the same boat as you and aren’t white.

I’m a middle-class individual, with scholarships, I work two jobs, my parents do not pay for my schooling or anything of the matter. I did not get a scholarship for the color of my skin.

You are not special or excluded because you are white.