[pauldavies]

It is very disrespectful of Black people to tear each other down with discriptions of other Black people who have no control over the way that they looked when they were born. I understand that the media puts more into light-skinned Blacks, giving them the first movie roles, the first induction into colleges and etc., but those historic Black were putting a foot in the door for all Blacks, some taking very high risks that could've gotten them killed had anyone known they were Black. But they all came from the same dark-skinned mothers and fathers as we all did, and did what they could to see that their parents and children could finally rest a little easier. And the dark-skinned Blacks had a hard road because everyone knew they were black, and risked everything as well for their brothers and sisters that were birth by their Black mothers through rapes by the slave master. It's a shame that Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Harriet Tubman, Sojourner Truth, Ida B. Wells, Lorraine Handberry, and Crispus Attucks fought to their deaths that their people would become so self absorbed that they would literally have hate for one another. Black people don't even get along with other black people any more. Even our African brothers an sisters that just came over from the motherland, the Haitians that got dropped of on the islands, and those that went to Central and south America on the slave ships don't get along with us (or the other way around). The only difference in us is that we got droped off before they did. I don't know why such a petty thing like skin complexion and hair texture is letting Black people hate other black people, but once you have hate in your heart, it grows and manifests itself. People are being evicted out of homes because of the bulding of condos, the younger generations can't find housing or careers, and some continue this hateful light-dark war in their own lives. If the time comes where we all have to stand as a Black people together to fight for and die for our fredom again, will history repeat itself? If we're complaining over such trivial matters, who is going to lay down their life for us all when it comes time to fight a Civil War to free us the second time. They've already seperated the Blacks from the Blacks. All other races can live and work together but us. All I know is that if this does come to pass, dark and light will still be referred to as 'nigger'.

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Name : pauldavies, Gender : M, Race : Black/African American, Religion : Baptist, Age : 25, City : Asbury Park, State : NJ Country : United States, Social class : Lower class, 

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To tell the truth, young black males seem to stand on the walls in clubs talking with their boys and watching the females dance. Then there are the black males who have a drive for theater and excel at dancing. Some blacks can dance, others can't and refuse to. It could be out of fear of embarassment or whatever, but all blacks aren't the same. Maybe the majority that you see in a particular media will project a stereotype about all black people. Sometimes you hear black people (and I'm one of them) bragging about what they are good at, ie. "Of course I know how to cook. I'm black, ain't I?", or "All black girls can braid hair" or "All my people know how to play basketball." It stems from us trying to gain recognition for the things we do well trying to advance the African-American race. Many people think all Caucasians are happy or that all Asians are dynamite with math. But I'm black, and I've never been able to dance.

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Name : pauldavies, Gender : M, Race : Black/African American, Religion : Baptist, Age : 25, City : Asbury Park, State : NJ Country : United States, Social class : Lower class, 

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