Okay so seriously. I read this thing at work today that got posted onto my Facebook, yes I play on the computer at work, as a matter of fact I'm writing this at work! LOL Okay so anyway I'm attching this for ya'll.
A woman, big and beautiful for that matter. A amazing singer and a great actress. She was in "Why Did I Get Married" By Tyler Perry (my future husband and father of the rest of my children! hehe) Jill Scott, http://www.s2smagazine.com/node/2686, said in a article in Sister to Sister, that seeing interracial relationships make her twinge on the inside. She has a black friend who is successful, intelligent and good looking. Well this friend of her's got married to a white woman. And she admits in this article that she felt a "twinge" that a black man married a white women. She even went as far as mentioning slavery.
Now I'm not a slave owner. I dont know about ya'll. But I have never, not once, in my 29 years owned a slave. And neither have my parents or my grand parents. But I have loved a black man. I have a child with a black man. I have black female friends that are with white men and I dont twinge. I dont remind her that slavery was in her blood and she shouldnt do that. Could someone explain to me why slavery (which she wasnt never a perticipant in willing or otherwise) is still a issue today? Please have pride in your heratige. Thank your ancestors for the evil that they lived for you to have better. And get better for yourself, dont dwell. Do you really think that is what it was about? Dwelling and holding yourself's back still? And for that matter point out to me a pure race. I'm proudly part German, Native America, Irish and god only knows what else. Most of all I'm proud to be a Woman who loves people for who they are. Not what they are.
Now I know a big concern is that "White Women are taking all the good Brothers." Well honey, and I will say this to ANYONE, if you treated that good Brother right he wouldnt have gone to SOMEONE ELSE. White or regardless. Men like women will only take so much. You cant treat them like crap and expect them to keep you in the Bling if you dont work for yourself. What's wrong with buying him some stuff every once in a while too? Reality Check: You dont live in a BET/MTV video. You live in real life. Get a clue.
Now on that note. Big Momma is listening to the radio at work and getting ready to leave her and go to Math. Gotta get that degree to get that dream job baby!
Momma, I was reading a book the other day (A Patriot's History by Larry Schweikart and Michael Allen) there is a passage on the pages that I think every "black" person should think aobut when it comes to slavery.
ReplyDelete"African American traditions, music, and a profound belief in Christianity helped the slaves endure and sustained their hopes for "a better day a comin'"
Let's just think on this a minute. The blacks that were involved in slavery knew that better things were to come, that all the had to do was work hard and do what their masters told them to and eventually things were turn around. What happened to that kind of faith? Slaves had more faith in the system than that of the blacks of today. I feel that there are still a great deal of "blacks" out there that feel the "whites" our them for their ancestors being put into slavery. WELL...here is my take on that...if it wasn't for their forefathers being brought here in slavery...THEY WOULDN'T HAVE THE ADVANTAGES THAT LIVING HERE IN THE USA OFFERS. Maybe they should stop and consider that they could still be ancestores to residents of Africa. We all know how well that environment is fairing.
Besides, why should we continually pay for what our fathers, our grandparents or even great grandparents had done? If I had to pay for every sin committed against another race by my forefathers then I wouldn't have friends who are of ALL RACES! I thought our generation was taught that this kind of thing was unexceptable!!! Oh yeah, I forgot, we are white, so we have to pay the price right? Now who's racist?
I agree with you Momma that race, creed, color, religion or even sex should matter! If you are treated right and with respect within a relationship....what difference does it really make as long as both individuals are happy. People should learn to have more respect for themselves, so they can understan that relationships are not about greed or race. And as far as that goes......I am the daughter of a racist and I would never treat anyone differently just because of their skin color, religion or sexual preferences. WE WERE ALL CREATED THE SAME! JUST BECAUSE YOU HAVE A DIFFERENT SKIN COLOR THAN I DO DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU ARE ANY BETTER OR ANY WORSE THAN I AM! YOUR ACTIONS TOWARD OTHERS SPEAK VOLUMES ON THEIR OWN!