More Problems for White Suburbanites
If there is any thing in this world that bothers me it is a bigot. Although these people come in all shapes and forms the worst type of a bigot is the one who doesn't realize that they are. These closet racists make claims against a race with no factual evidence or even experience with that specific group.
Recently I read a blog written by one of my fellow students, a blog (sept 30) that left me sour. The writer made a basic claim that white people are smart and blacks are stupid and any AA( African American) who was smart was more white than black. Since when has color equalled intelligence? She even had the tenacity to call my professor an "oreo." Honestly, who says that? An oreo because of black on the outside and white on the inside. Now if this isn't a young racist then I truly wonder what one is.
The blog also stated that AA's usually segregate themselves from others. Hmm, I wonder why? Could it have been the fact that whites wouldn't let blacks in the same schools or use the same water fountains? A culture, race, group that has been through so much crap has to stick together because you never know when ignorance will prevail.
Last quick point: The article made references to "doo rags" and saying "snaps" and measuring intellegence by those means. Hey, I say "snaps," I say "yo," "phat," "no doubt" and does that change my intellegence level. I wear Ecko clothing and if the author could label it she'd label it "black clothing." I guess that seeing stuff like this really bothers me, knowing that that in a time when we have been more liberal and educated that pieces like this would never be thought about. Maybe if the author got out of her own little world and experienced people of other backgrounds then her feelings would change.
If there is any thing in this world that bothers me it is a bigot. Although these people come in all shapes and forms the worst type of a bigot is the one who doesn't realize that they are. These closet racists make claims against a race with no factual evidence or even experience with that specific group.
Recently I read a blog written by one of my fellow students, a blog (sept 30) that left me sour. The writer made a basic claim that white people are smart and blacks are stupid and any AA( African American) who was smart was more white than black. Since when has color equalled intelligence? She even had the tenacity to call my professor an "oreo." Honestly, who says that? An oreo because of black on the outside and white on the inside. Now if this isn't a young racist then I truly wonder what one is.
The blog also stated that AA's usually segregate themselves from others. Hmm, I wonder why? Could it have been the fact that whites wouldn't let blacks in the same schools or use the same water fountains? A culture, race, group that has been through so much crap has to stick together because you never know when ignorance will prevail.
Last quick point: The article made references to "doo rags" and saying "snaps" and measuring intellegence by those means. Hey, I say "snaps," I say "yo," "phat," "no doubt" and does that change my intellegence level. I wear Ecko clothing and if the author could label it she'd label it "black clothing." I guess that seeing stuff like this really bothers me, knowing that that in a time when we have been more liberal and educated that pieces like this would never be thought about. Maybe if the author got out of her own little world and experienced people of other backgrounds then her feelings would change.
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8:05 AM
