percy

Agree.

You are either American or African sounds as ignorant as " You are with us or you are against us."

But interesting enough, those same groups who are first to scream racism due to exclusion on any scale, seem to want to segregate themselves further at times.

We have a Miss America contest where all ethnicities are welcomed. So why a Miss Black America contest?

We have a worldwide music body that honours international artists for excellence in their genre called the Grammy Awards. We have the Latin Grammy awards. Is Latin music so much bigger than all other music genres in the world combined that it deserves a seperate show?

In Toronto, there is talk about having all black schools to accomodate black kids since mixed race schools are not meeting the values of those in the black community. What next? Schools for whites, asians, and every other cultural group under the sun? Segregation a la the 1950's? That worked well.

There is nothing wrong with promoting and sharing ones heritage and culture and being immensely proud of that circumstance. But when people start expecting different and special treatment because of their ethnicity, it's time to stop that world from revolving around themselves.

I know, I know. Racism is still alive and well and telling the victims to suck it up isn't exactly building bridges, but neither is segregating oneself to the point of exclusion.

Maybe the dividing line to racism is that some people aren't allowed what is deserving of them while others expect what isn't deserving of them.