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Sorry to notify you of this, but whites are more stripped of their heritage than any other race. I am an African American, and I’m constantly reminded of my heritage when I put cornrows in my little cousin’s hair (hair-braiding is an African Art). Or when I started growing my dreadlocks. Or when I sit down to one of my mother’s home-cooked meals. Or when I was on the step team (stepping and dancing to the beat of the drum in African as well as Native American styles). Or when I hear the soulful voices of our grandmothers and aunts in church. Or when I feel the stronger sense of ‘family’ that we have that whites often lack. Also, we often joke about how we are always late and never on time. Well, believe it or not, in many African countries, the concept of time is also used very loosely, and it’s not because of laziness; it’s just that people are more laid-back. The party starts when you get there!
We are not as ‘stripped’ as you may think. I bet that if you take the time to pay attention, you will realize that a lot of family traditions and things that you think of as just plain old routine comes from our African roots. Pay attention and you’ll see. A lot of whites don’t know many things about where their ancestors came from. They might know that their great-great grandmother was from Ireland, but there are few whites that embrace their ancestory. They would rather view themselves as American. And because they usually see their own heritage to be so blah and boring, they snatch bits and pieces of other cultures and call it their own. Blacks also do this, but it is mainly because we were forced during slavery times to conform. But these days we have a choice. And all of the things that make us unique, white people want to copy or imitate. We are so unique and beautiful they want to dress like us, wear their hair like us, have the rhythm we have, the lips we have, the color we have, the hips and butts we have, and they want the men we have. But I’m not mad at them; I’m flattered and honored they want to be me.
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Name : Melodie, Gender : F, Race : Black/African American, Age : 21, City : Bronx, State : NY, Country : United States,Oh my goodness!!! Do you think that blacks are ignorant to the fact that other blacks bought and sold slaves. That is common knowledge. But yes, the majority of the buyers were WHITE. But that’s not even relevent to the the subject at hand. Blacks are not claiming to be the only people that have been oppressed at all. We’ve taken History classes. We are not ignorant. No one ever said that we were the only ones oppressed. That’s just like saying don’t complain about being raped because so many other women have been raped.
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Name : Melodie, Gender : F, Race : Black/African American, Age : 21, City : Bronx, State : NY, Country : United States,I was asked this same question by a white student at my college. She asked me why is it that we have a Black Student Union, and isn’t that racist? So I asked her the following questions. 1.) Do we excluded people of other ethnicities from our organization? The answer was no. In fact we have whites, asians and latinos who come to our meetings but it is understood that ‘black issues’ will be discussed during these meetings. 2.) Do we promote hate at our functions? The answer is no. We are not a hate based organization. Black organizations, and magazines, and television networks are needed because the mainstream media feels like they don’t have to include people of other ethnicities. Therefore, what you call ‘Black Media’ is out there so that we can be recognized and our voice will be heard. White America is not willing to do that. And by the way, White Entertainment Television does exist (ABC,NBC,CBS). Basically, when someone saids that the only difference between black and white is skin color, I totally disagree. We deal with different issues and we need some sort of outlet to express that. Mainstream media will never understand or be able to explain the plight of ‘Black America’ , even if they attempted to. So we create our own media. Deal with it.
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Name : Melodie, Gender : F, Race : Black/African American, Age : 21, City : Bronx, State : NY, Country : United States,First of all lets set the facts straight. Whites sport logos just as often as anyone else. Teenagers and people in there early twenties tend to go with the trends and fashions and they are more likely to wear flashy logos, it’s more of an age thing than a race thing. In this day and age, wearing logos is a trend for young people. And as far as ‘minorites’ trying to get attention, that’s just plain ridiculous. We are just more creative when it comes to expressing ourselves and other cultures especially white want to copy it. But hey, I’m not mad at them. I’m flattered that as an african-american I am getting so much attention and so many people want to be me.
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Name : Melodie, Gender : F, Race : Black/African American, Age : 21, City : Bronx, State : NY, Country : United States,Simple: Because that is what we are! Also, it is wrong to group everyone with similar skin tone as one people. For example, people from the Caribbean are especially sensitive to being labeled as black. They will let you know in a heartbeat where exactly they are from. And there is nothing wrong with that. So why shouldn’t we be proud of and demand recognition about our African ancestory? It’s just as wrong as labeling all Spanish-speaking people Hispanics. They have different backgrounds and come from different countries.
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Name : Melodie, Gender : F, Race : Black/African American, Age : 21, City : Bronx, State : NY, Country : United States,First, these studies are very biased. Considering that there are more African Americans, Afro-Carribeans, etc. who live in districts where the educational system is not exactly the best, it will show up in things such as standardized tests. If a study were done on the IQs of people living in poverty, including whites, Asians, Native Americans, Latinos and blacks, I’m pretty sure the outcome would be different. People who live in areas with better education systems and better living situations will probably score higher. I’m not suggesting that all blacks live in poverty; I didn’t. But poverty is still a dominant problem within black communities. I am willing to bet that as middle-class black America continues to grow, scores on standardized tests will be higher. But you have to ask yourself: Why are they doing these studies, anyway?
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Name : Melodie, Gender : F, Race : Black/African American, Age : 21, City : Bronx, State : NY, Country : United States,
