Well, I can tell you were NOT to have that discussion: publicly at work.

That said, as a white man myself, I would argue very strongly that I am not being "persecuted".

Synonyms for this word include: oppress, abuse, victimize, ill-treat, mistreat, maltreat, tyrannize, torment, torture; martyr.

I've never felt any of the above.

As a white english-speaking immigrant I've never been accosted about my status. I've never been given shit for being an illegal immigrant. I've never been given crap for "stealing American jobs" (and for the record, I am now a US citizen, no arrests, tax-paying, picket fence).

But I see it very often to legal non-white immigrants.

So you think YOU or your race/gender has been persecuted? You (like me) have no idea what that truly means.