Racism: The Impossible Discussion ...

[bravenak]

1. Find it no different that any disscussion with people who refuse to remove the blinders they wear.

I have repeatedly tried to discuss the reality of racism in America and the ramifications of the years of white supremacy and violence on the psyche of Black people in America. The negative images pumped into us as Americans from the media and the System we live under. We have been America's whipping boy for so long it has become natural abd unquestioned. Switch the words black for white, and you will see a pile on of people stressed out that people are saying bad things about white people. Those same people never get all up in arms or defensive when things are said about black people. They will find ways to justify it.

Another thing I noticed is that some seem to think racism is a boack probkem that black people need to solve by being more like white people. They seem to think that our speech or manner of dress is the real problem and that we can somehow 'overcome' the obstacles by dressing better and speaking in a non regional dialect . They never ever question the fact that those 'obstacles' exist. Why should there be extra obsatacles you must overcome?