G.W. Pettiford

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    I agree with your contention that this is thinly disguised biasing. This is an attempt to use personal vanity to lord it over the heads of those who do not possess that same quality. I despise the undertone of this originator’s commentary because, to me, this dates back to the slavemaster’s theory of 400 years ago. The contention was that blacks will perpetuate their own slave mentality if you 1) Pit blacks on the hill against blacks down in the valley; 2) Pit blacks in the valley against blacks up the hill; 3) Pit Mulatto against the French-born blacks; 4) Pit African-speaking against English-speaking; 5) Pit freed slave against ‘House Niggahs’; 6) Pit ‘field niggahs’ against ‘House Niggahs’; and 7) Pit every slave with a feature different than any other slave against any and every other slave to upset them about their feature(s). In doing so, it was projected that the institution of slavery would last nearly 200 years. It lasted well over 400 years and, after reading this originator’s commentary, it seems the principle is still alive and functioning today. There was no need for this post. This person is ‘color’ vain and should have kept her vanity in silence, because it added nothing to the noble purpose of this site. Now, if you want to talk race and ethnicity with any frankness, Y Forum should get a staff willing to take on the BS entries BEFORE they post them. In a great number of the more interesting posts, people have made sincere statements toward understanding what contributes to many downfalls in communication that halt our open discussions about race and ethnicity. Basically, BS is more interesting to read than substance. People are just people; and we go through so much BS just to be ourselves that it hinders progress. BS, in whatever form, is designed to slow…delay progress, and constipate the truth.

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    Name : G.W. Pettiford, Gender : M, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Disability : Opinionated, Race : Black/African American, Religion : Baptist, Age : 45, City : Lake Ridge, State : VA, Country : United States, Occupation : Executive Administrator, Education level : 2 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, 
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