Quote From: anwarnkenWhoever wrote this has a lot to learn. I live in Louisiana, I was born and raised here and yes racism does exist in the South and is more prevalent here then in other areas of the country. Just because black role models exist doesn't mean that they are accepted in many households. I can remember one of my white friends hiding her Eminem CDs at my house because her parents wouldn't let her listen to rap because "that's black people music and she shouldn't associate herself with it because she was
better than that." And he isn't even black... And you don't go to peoples homes so all these nice people who live around you may be just like that. And that's the worst kind of racism the kind that pushes further generations to move away from different cultures and seclude themselves because 'it's just better that way." As for Black History month... I'm in college and graduated high school not that long ago in 2005 and do you know what it consisted of? One Friday towards the end of the month there was an assembly where the gospel choir sang and recepients of scholarships for blacks were given awards, etc. None of the teachers curbed their lessons to teach about black history; there were just a few posters in the halls and that was that. And since you can't learn about black history solely from the history books it would've been nice if some time had been dedicated to it.... About the schools, it's not fair that schools in poorer neighborhoods receive a poorer education. When there are the means whether its government grants or not they should be utilized so that the children of poor undereducated people don't repeat the cycle. If they can't get a good education how will they better their lives? And considering that minorities make up these poor communities it is a race issue especially because most people just assume that somehow it's the fault of these children for not being able to succeed in life because they "probably didn't study hard enough" when most of the time they weren't given the proper tools. About the family histories, that's important to anyone most cultures have a strong desire to know their heritage and it's sad that I can't know certain things about my family. To your last statement, those same children that have no choice but to go to a poor school with poor education standards how is that supposed to empower them to keep moving on? How can a mother get over seeing her child being given a poor education and realizing that certain opportunities just won't be open to that child because there are people who would let that school system fail? That's really hard to just get over. And yes, I'm black.
First of all, I am not stating there is no more racism, I know it exists, but it is not just the whites being racist. There are a lot of comments on this site that proves that whites are just as much of a target as blacks, but I understand that the history in our country has been against the blacks. I cannot comment on your school, but in my school, the ENTIRE month of Feb we learned about African Americans and their accomplishments and their history, past and present. In my school we had no gospel choir, just the regular choir. And just because there are white role models, doen't make them acceptable in every house hold either. I also do not agree that school curriculum and resources are available only to the rich, i am not one of the rich, but from my experiences, and from what i am reading of yours too, that is the way it is. It has nothing to do with who studies harder. Some of my best friends in highschool and in college now study harder and are better than I am in school, they too are black. The problem people have is all the do is complain about it. What I was saying in family history is that not every black person here came from Africa, some have a family history. And not every white person has a family history to track down either. Native Americans and other races are the same. Maybe I can't google who my ancesters were, or even pay hard earned money to find out where they were from, but the point is this is still living in the past, how is the history of my 7th great grandfather going to effect the contition, or quality of life I have now, it is all just information, valuable information, but not pertinant. As a mother of small children in school, and not rich, i have had to work 3 jobs at a time to earn the money to move to a better school district. work an extra 10 hr shift so i can afford my kids school supplies, because no one is going to donate it to me. It is my job as a mother to decide what is best for my kids and work my ass off to give it to them. I do not want them to grow up with a sense of entitlement. They do not have the "right" to go to a great school, they have the privelidge that is fought for them to go, by me, and our soldiers. They do not have the "right" to go play in the park, they have the privelidge to go to a park, decent or not, that other people have worked hard to maintain, or build, and people have lost lives over to protect, etc, etc. This country has a problem with feeling that everyone owes them something, we forget that everything we have, clothes, food, access to healthcare, technology, education, is not a right, it is a priveledge that is fought for every day outside our land.
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