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Old 01-21-2006, 06:53 PM   #70 (permalink)
Hardknock
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Originally Posted by xepherys
3. Bullshit! What cultural roots do most 7th or 8th generation Americans have? AMERICAN culture... that's what. And that's what black Americans have as well. It is really no different. I have Irish blood running through my veins. When my family came here from Ireland they were put into shitty jobs, treated like dirt and made to feel they were worthless humans with no value to society. Should I be angry about that? NO! My family worked hard, got through it and now things are easier. As for it being twice as difficult for blacks to become successful I have two thoughts. a) Many people feel it's the same for women... and sexism is just as bad. However, "nazi feminists" don't move their cause forward with the general populace either, and b) So they work twice as hard then, and THEN they can feel like they've made a difference. What does it really give a black man or woman in a matter of sense of completion to just be handed shit and told them it's because we treated them badly in the past. Wow, what a great win for equality. *boggle*
So let me get this straight, you're saying that blacks have the roots of American culture to draw upon when we say that our connection with Africa has been lost? Is that American culture the same American culture that enslaved my ancestors for a couple hundred years and treated us like shit up until 40 years ago when brave individuals finally stood up and said enough is enough? If that's all the roots I have then frankly, I have nothing and my background is completely and forever lost. It must be nice to be able to go to Ireland and be welcomed by the Irish. I can't do the same. I was born and raised in the state of Alaska. When I tell people this, they always have this wierd look in their face and they always ask me "You're from Alaska?" I say yes and they still have this puzzled look on their face. No one has had the balls to say it to my face yet, but they all think and have the look on their faces that screams "how can a black person come from Alaska?" You don't know how much it hurts to not have a "homeland" per se. A place when you can draw your roots from. I actually envy people who still have their culture to draw upon and have the ability to visit their homelands and be welcomed by everyone. Blacks in America will never have that. We're actually disliked by most Africans due to the fact that we're so disconnected. Personally, it hurts just little bit every single day.

I agree with Cosby as well and I think that if all blacks in America went out and got a good education, and made something out of themselves, we would all be a lot better off than we are right now. Personally, I try to do everything I can to place myself and my family in a good economic position by getting my education and excelling in my career or whatever it is I decide to do so that everyone who died in the civil rights movement in the 60's didn't die in vain. I and every other person of color owe then at least that much.

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