Topic : 06/18 The Dr. Phil House: House of Hatred

Dr. Phil is not dealing with how B is treating everyone in the house. She has something to say about everyone yet she has been allowed to be a racist. No one should be allowed to behave as these people are. The world is filled with prejudice people and how a person deals with it shows what kind of person they are. Every person is discriminated against in their lifetime yet there are many people who learn from it and do not carry this type of hatred with them. These people are a horrible example of the human race. I have spent the last 21 years teaching each of my children not to judge others, to take the time to meet people and accept what is in their hearts. They do not have to agree with everyone but at minimum to reach further and see what each person is about. It is not easy to teach while these kind of people get a forum to preach their ignorance. I understand the concept of the show, but I hope that people do not turn or miss the point without seeing all of the shows and use this as a way to justify this type of behavior.

It's a fact of life and really sad.    Bea is very similar to people I have met and worked with/for.  It's probably the sorest spot for me because that attitude has been hurtful to me and changed my opinions.  Growing up, I never saw color, religion, etc.  Everyone was the same to me.  As an adult it slapped me in the face.  It needs to stop!!! Because of the actions of others I have a lot of distrust ... and it shouldn't be that way!

Oh, this is just getting better and better.

Um, we wouldn't be here had our ancestors not been forced.  So... you think we, the children of those who were forced here, should leave?  Not likely.  That was B's point.  Enough is enough? Of what?  Black Colleges were started because we weren't allowed into the white ones!  We have Black History Month because we weren't being written about in history books.  Our history wasn't being told.  And there is no all -white college *to my knowledge* because whites weren't excluded from going to college in the first place.  All of the colleges were white when the black colleges were instituted. 

I don't think anyone "owes" me anything - other than to be treated with respect and dignity, and to have the same opportunities as everyone else.  Which, sadly, is not the case.  Based on name alone, my son's resume is 60 percent more likely to be discarded than a "white-sounding" name with the same qualifications and the same experience.

If you think racism is dead....

Well, watch the show again because you missed something.

I watched the show today with an open heart and mind.  I must say that the one person who I think I'd love to have a conversation with is B (the black woman who hates whites).  I think she's mis-understood and I believe that she's actually got something to say about history which might make sense here.  Sure she's probably met a lot of  "whites" that she didn't like, but I'm a firm believer that all she needs is for some "white person" to actually sit down and chat with her.  I think she's got a HUGE potential for change, I really do.  And no I am not black, I am white. 

The next person who struck me as wanting major attention was John.  I know that being over-weight is not fun, but using it as a means or excuse to not do anything...well that's just wrong and it's taking advantage of people.  I didn't see anyone picking on him as he says.  He's going way too far with this issue to do with basic personal hygiene.  I'd be spraying around the Febreeze too if someone refused to get cleaned up.  And what's with saying that he's gonna call his "mother's husband who is rich to get him out of there"?  Nothing like pointing out that perhaps he's led a life where everything is done for him.  It's time he took accountability for his life and how it's turned out.  Mommy can't help you forever.  At some point you gotta step up to the plate, and take some responsibility for yourself.  And those crocodile tears that he's gonna shed is just an attention getter.  Sorry but I don't feel sorry for him at all.  And calling Security went way over the top.  I mean really - "they won't give me my dinner".  What's the Security man there for....I mean he's not there to make sure that everyone treats you nice.  If you can't handle the fact that your roomies simply want you to clean up or else you'll not eat...that's hardly a reason to call Security.  That's actually taking advantage of the poor security guy, not to mention it's a waste of the security man's time....John is just an attention seeker...nothing more.  Sorry but he'll get no sympathy from me.  Plus doing what he's doing now - he's only proving that the skinny girl's views on obese people are justified.  If I was him, I'd be trying darn hard to dis-prove that woman's views, but instead he's playing right into her beliefs. 

One couldn't pay me enough to stay 1 day in that house with this mixture of people, if not for the smell which will be accummulating all because 1 person refueses to shower.  Bring on the Febreeze air freshener!

John was totally out of line with his attitudes and behavior. I was particularly bothered by his resistance to shower and take part in cleaning for the benefit of all.  I think that I would have been tempted when he was sitting outside on the patio to get the hose ready and give him a healthy squirt of dish soap and scrub him with the long-handled pool brush and hose him down. 

If John decides to leave he will really lose out on the good that can happen, not only for him, but for everyone. i hope that Dr. Phil can get him in line and keep him going on to a better life for himself.