Norviel's Comparison

The author is stating how she feels that all of these different minority groups claim that they want to be treated equally, like everyone else, and continually bring it up. She doesn't see why they keep digging up issues, such as slavery, and using it as excuses as to why they may have a bad life. Barnes does not feel sorry for them. One reason she doesn't feel sorry for them is because she believes that everyone does have a choice in their path through life. Another reason she does not sympathize minorities with this excuse is also because in most cases people have the same chances and opportunities as everyone else so their color and ethnicity does not play a factor in their bad luck like they play it off to be. It is not only race that the author addresses, she even comments on a major gender issue. This issue is the complaining of women, saying that they are not treated equally. To the author, this is not an argument that is valid these days, and seems to think that men are actually treated worse than women these days. She thinks this because of the negative roles men always seem to play in Lifetime movies and other television shows. Another opinion that she comments on is the fact that different groups do not want different treatment, but yet they feel the need to announce their differences to others.
Barnes' article relates to Johnson in the Sick and Tired perspective. Both are talking about how some things are just brought up to often and go on for too long, which makes people sick of hearing about it. Sarah has had enough of hearing about how whites, heterosexuals, and males get treated better than everyone else. It's an issue that has been around for a long time and as far as she is concerned it has been resolved so there is no reason to continually bring it up.