threads about race--vent

[disneyjunkie]

I am not talking about the NAACP and nationally known clubs like that. Here in the South we have off the top of my head,

The Black Association for the Betterment of the Black Community
The Black Women's alcoholism something or other (supporting black women who drink.)
The Black Minority Commission on Retirement

Are these clubs open to all? If so, then I don't see a problem.

I assume they are targeting members of the black community, but don't believe they'd turn away a white person in need.

 

[swea_pea1]

OP, your posts have been thoughtful, insightful, and dead-on the money. It's a shame more don't "get it" as well as you do.

 

[icebrat001]

I think I'll write something on this thread, i'm black and I'm gay.

Racism is a horrible thing, some people even my age 23 are racist because their parents taught them and their parents taught them, so the cycle continues. Some people think it's okay to call people the N word or the F word.

In the same breath, I've heard white people call me names because of the color of my skin, young and old, although I tend to excuse 80 year olds for the sake of they are old and haven't quite figured out that times have changed and certain things are unacceptable. I've always had many instances where black people were racist towards me because, I don't act or talk like them, and being gay just added more icing to the cake.

I wish racism didn't exist, why can't people get along in harmony. The world would be a better place, but again, some people only know racism.

I grew up in an affluent white and asian community as did my partner. We don't talk 'ebonics' and our friends tend to be other races mostly for the fact that we talk to anyone and because some black people raised in other communities don't want to speak to us because of the way we speak. Although recently at my job, another black person told me when I was around other black people that I should 'code switch' and adapt to speaking like them to make them feel more comfortable.

Again, a lot of racism tends to go with environment.

Prime example, dear partners father and stepmom raised her, she went to expensive schools where you can count the number of minorities on 10 fingers. However, dear partners biological mother has several other children, and they live in a really bad area of town in another state, they go to crappy schools, they don't always have transportation to get around, however, they pop out children every year. Nonetheless, we invited them to our town back in California and when they got there, they said it smelled like white people I didn't know different races had a smile, but these kids, teens rather, hated white people and refused to be in any town that had a huge population of white people. We tried to teach them better, but their ways seem to be set in stone and they didn't really want to relate to our point of view, because we act just like (them) the white people they would say.

If parents stopped teaching racisms, schools stopped allowing it, maybe racism wouldn't be as bad as it is today.

 

[disneyjunkie]

I think I'll write something on this thread, i'm black and I'm gay.

Racism is a horrible thing, some people even my age 23 are racist because their parents taught them and their parents taught them, so the cycle continues. Some people think it's okay to call people the N word or the F word.

In the same breath, I've heard white people call me names because of the color of my skin, young and old, although I tend to excuse 80 year olds for the sake of they are old and haven't quite figured out that times have changed and certain things are unacceptable. I've always had many instances where black people were racist towards me because, I don't act or talk like them, and being gay just added more icing to the cake.

I wish racism didn't exist, why can't people get along in harmony. The world would be a better place, but again, some people only know racism.

I grew up in an affluent white and asian community as did my partner. We don't talk 'ebonics' and our friends tend to be other races mostly for the fact that we talk to anyone and because some black people raised in other communities don't want to speak to us because of the way we speak. Although recently at my job, another black person told me when I was around other black people that I should 'code switch' and adapt to speaking like them to make them feel more comfortable.

Again, a lot of racism tends to go with environment.

Prime example, dear partners father and stepmom raised her, she went to expensive schools where you can count the number of minorities on 10 fingers. However, dear partners biological mother has several other children, and they live in a really bad area of town in another state, they go to crappy schools, they don't always have transportation to get around, however, they pop out children every year. Nonetheless, we invited them to our town back in California and when they got there, they said it smelled like white people I didn't know different races had a smile, but these kids, teens rather, hated white people and refused to be in any town that had a huge population of white people. We tried to teach them better, but their ways seem to be set in stone and they didn't really want to relate to our point of view, because we act just like (them) the white people they would say.

If parents stopped teaching racisms, schools stopped allowing it, maybe racism wouldn't be as bad as it is today.

Interesting post

I think it's very kind of you to excuse the 80-year-old racist. I'll never be able to do that. I believe they feel it's OK to spout their racist views because people will give them a pass because of their age.

As far as black on black racism. That's something that I don't see ending any time soon. Black on black racism will continue to exist as long as we have issues with the way we speak, the length of our hair, texture of our hair, the shade of our skin, the college we attend, where we live, where we work...