"It is important for the Black community
not to sterotype all Whites nor blame them for all our problems
'There are those of our color and not of our kind
while there are those of our kind and not of our color'"
Ebony Magazine
Today we had this black history teacher come to substitute for our creative writing class. He started talking about black history and what has happened to blacks and what is happening to black ppl now. Now im an african american 14 year old female, who like most other black children dont know much about their african decent (other than we were brought here as slaves). My history has been wiped out. Thats why i hate days like flag day, i think its an insult to african american children, while everyone else parades a flag from their contires what flags do we have, an american flag? Ameirca is not where our ancestors come from, its not where our history began but becuase the knowlege of our history was wiped out, thats all us black kids have.
When people start talking about african americans and our history and the problems we face today, I dont know where i stand. I dont agree with the fact that all white people are racist and to blame for all our problems, but i do believe rasism is still here. the teacher said one thing that was so true: "slavery may have ended, but racism did not." that so true, and not only for whites vs. black but also for blacks vs. whites. i do think we should learn about our history, the truth about it, not what they feed us in our text books, but we shouldn't use that information to build hate in our hearts.
I was watching real world, and i totally agreed with what Karomo was saying. White men are never going to understand Black men, because we are not only different in color but in lifestyle and the way people treat us. Over the years Black men have suffered tremendously; look at today there are more african american men in jail then in colleges. Though i am not the kind of person who thinks that its all White peoples faults, its a big part of our falts too. Black people dont stick together. Only a few days before Dr. Marten Luther King was assasinated, there were black people who were rallying against him becuase the FBI said he was a comunist. We dont support each other,which we need to start doing. And i dont mean (well i guess in a way I do) paying money and going out to see every black produced directed etc film. But i also mean unite with the serious issues like the way the urban schools are being held and the way black people ae rapidly going to jail.
My head is in so many places. I think that we as balck people tend to discriminate ourselves and put ourselves down. For examble: a white boy who talks ignorant and dresses sloppy is "trying to be black". WHAT? Thats saying that we are ignorant and sloppy and dont take care of our selves. But ignorant black people do that. The way black people can use the "N" word but other people cant. I believe that other people expecially shouldn't be using the "N" word, but we shouldn't either (just another form of ignorance to me).
I see that there are people rooting for us as a cultire to fail. But thats with everyone. But some of us black people are so ignorant and give them something to root on. I think before we start blaming people for our problems, we have to look at ourselves and see the problems within us. Yes! There is still racism. Yes! There is still prejudice and mistreatment. Yes! We were done wrong in the past. But to dwell on it obviously isn't making it better. I think we all have to realize that we all are different, and except that. Stop blaming each other and start thinking of ways to live with each other becuase the hatred in your heart gets passed on to your children. We dont want to continue this.
and thats all i have to say....
For Now.....
