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I havent posted alot on here...im kind of a silent observer.....
But this post caught my eye.....I was born and for half of my life raised in south africa.....now i live in canada and the freedoms i experience here everyday are sometimes beyond belief for me
My mother and father voted for the very first time in their lives in 1993.......1993.....thats lil over 10 yrs ago.....now i am in no way sayin that there isnt forms over discrimination all over north and especially southern america....and im in no way down playing wat has happened to anyone or their families.....
And even though some of you have said "no i wouldnt be able to have done what they did"....i think youre wrong.....i kno that every single one of the ladiez and gentlemen of colour could do it..... see in the face of pain and sufferin we as a beautiful people come together and remember our inner worth.....we have a strength untestable....that has been past down.....and never lost....of a proud people who suffer, yes, but endure.....
and not only our ability to endure and prosper.....but we face a different form of racism now that is ripping us as a people apart..... its drugs and gang violence.....the misrepresentation of people of colour......and the viscious cycle that has occured because of slavery.....alot of people dont want to believe it but we live in "mental slavery" as bob marley said....we live a different kind of slavery.....and instead of wearing clothes over their heads they wear business suits.....and they dont fund schools in neighbourhoods that actually need funding
now i could go on forever about this and that.....
but i think its important that we recognize what happened in the past......remember and learn it...know it....because its apart of who we are.....but we need to recognize the struggles we face today...thats whats important.....
and that is why i respect members of organizations such as this one....because yougive back to a community starving to kno its history....and screamin out for someone to pull them from the viscious cycle that is killing them.......
i hope i havent offended anyone purple yellow brown black red or turquoise......because that was not my intention.....and if i did please feel free to email me personally and challenge anythin i have said above.....
and i also hope i have made my point......
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