Up-vote for you.
My immediate reaction to reading your reply was remembering several incidents I've had where my being white prevented my employment, but you said a very important word; persecuted. It is entirely true that it is uncommon for white people to be persecuted as a whole. That said, I'd say that, in this day and age, it is also very uncommon for other races to be persecuted; more commonly it is due to a particular groups beliefs.
But this is a far larger conversation that really should take place in some place outside of a meme website forum.