04-06-2012, 07:40 AM
imo there is a racial chasm in america. place whites on one side and blacks on the other and different minorities who tend to drift somewhere between the two groups.
my own racial makeup is my dad is indian from india my mom is part african and part scottish, so breaking it down 50% asian 25 % black and 25% white. i grew up in a predominantly black neighborhood i live in a predominantly white neighborhood. i would say my sentiments always lie with the underdog. i do have a foot in both worlds and i seem to be able to drift between the two worlds pretty comfortably.
heres the view i see from the black world.
i am black . i dont trust the police the police are racist and want to hassle me . if they stop me i have to be careful as i could wind up being dead very easily. most whites are suspicious of me think im stupid and want something from them. the government and society in general are racist.
heres the view i see from the white world
the police are to be trusted and are here to protect us. i am suspicious of most blacks and minorities and feel that they want something from me. i dont want them moving into my neighborhood because there go the property values. i have never had a black person in my house for a meal and never will. that is the way i like it and i dont want my kid in a relationship with a black person or a minority. the government has my best interests at heart.
just a few personal experiences. first of all when u look at me u cant tell what race i am. i have been mistaken for everything the whole spectrum.
i work for new york city transit. when i first joined i had a lot of white dudes make derogatory racial jokes around me . i had to tell them dont go there with me i dont play those games; what i found interesting is that they automatically assume that the same hatred and prejudice that lived in them lived in me and that i was down with their hatred. and they werent ashamed to display that hatred at all. and they didnt even know who i was but they assumed i felt the same way as them.
when i was in college i was kicked out of a fraternity when they decided they didnt want anyone who wasnt 100% white.
in the service in basic training at the end we went out to a bar to celebrate graduation. as we were standing outside one of the dudes said to me " we dont want no n*****ers here. which was a surprise to me as we had just been thru six weeks of basic training together. the dude was from texas. we went at it and got broken up and later he apologized for what he said. what i find curious is that ive found u can know someone for a while and race is never and issue and all of a sudden out of the blue it becomes an issue . like where the hell did that come from. and i've seen it from more people than just this dude believe me. it like it is an issue but its hidden and then all of a sudden one day it pops up..
my friend at work was told when he was applying for a promo that he wasnt going to get it " because we already have our token" meaning they already had one black manager that one was enuf.
etc etc i have seen plenty of instances. living here in the nyc area i would say on the average the police kill at least one young black man a year and then they never ever get prosecuted. they always get away with it. period.
the positives
i do believe that music has broken down some of the divides between the races . that is a good thing and it does seem like the younger generation has more cross racial relationships. which is a good thing. hopefully this trend will continue. and this is a very complex topic . i like to know people individually before forming an opinion about them. believe me their are a ----s of every race of that there is no doubt. i think that the solution will be as more and more people live together that will break down stereotypes between the races. i would say it is going to take time for sure for sure
norral :heart:
my own racial makeup is my dad is indian from india my mom is part african and part scottish, so breaking it down 50% asian 25 % black and 25% white. i grew up in a predominantly black neighborhood i live in a predominantly white neighborhood. i would say my sentiments always lie with the underdog. i do have a foot in both worlds and i seem to be able to drift between the two worlds pretty comfortably.
heres the view i see from the black world.
i am black . i dont trust the police the police are racist and want to hassle me . if they stop me i have to be careful as i could wind up being dead very easily. most whites are suspicious of me think im stupid and want something from them. the government and society in general are racist.
heres the view i see from the white world
the police are to be trusted and are here to protect us. i am suspicious of most blacks and minorities and feel that they want something from me. i dont want them moving into my neighborhood because there go the property values. i have never had a black person in my house for a meal and never will. that is the way i like it and i dont want my kid in a relationship with a black person or a minority. the government has my best interests at heart.
just a few personal experiences. first of all when u look at me u cant tell what race i am. i have been mistaken for everything the whole spectrum.
i work for new york city transit. when i first joined i had a lot of white dudes make derogatory racial jokes around me . i had to tell them dont go there with me i dont play those games; what i found interesting is that they automatically assume that the same hatred and prejudice that lived in them lived in me and that i was down with their hatred. and they werent ashamed to display that hatred at all. and they didnt even know who i was but they assumed i felt the same way as them.
when i was in college i was kicked out of a fraternity when they decided they didnt want anyone who wasnt 100% white.
in the service in basic training at the end we went out to a bar to celebrate graduation. as we were standing outside one of the dudes said to me " we dont want no n*****ers here. which was a surprise to me as we had just been thru six weeks of basic training together. the dude was from texas. we went at it and got broken up and later he apologized for what he said. what i find curious is that ive found u can know someone for a while and race is never and issue and all of a sudden out of the blue it becomes an issue . like where the hell did that come from. and i've seen it from more people than just this dude believe me. it like it is an issue but its hidden and then all of a sudden one day it pops up..
my friend at work was told when he was applying for a promo that he wasnt going to get it " because we already have our token" meaning they already had one black manager that one was enuf.
etc etc i have seen plenty of instances. living here in the nyc area i would say on the average the police kill at least one young black man a year and then they never ever get prosecuted. they always get away with it. period.
the positives
i do believe that music has broken down some of the divides between the races . that is a good thing and it does seem like the younger generation has more cross racial relationships. which is a good thing. hopefully this trend will continue. and this is a very complex topic . i like to know people individually before forming an opinion about them. believe me their are a ----s of every race of that there is no doubt. i think that the solution will be as more and more people live together that will break down stereotypes between the races. i would say it is going to take time for sure for sure
norral :heart:
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