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People are a prodcut of their environment. Not a procduct of their color.
I can take a white child and raise him inthe ghetto. When he grows up, he will probably enjoy hip hop music, wear his pants half way downhis body and he will more than likely speak slang. Its not that he is a wannabe as many would think. Thats just his nature based on how he was raised and the influences in his life.
I can take a black child and raise him iin anupper class neighborhood send him to private school and he will probably listen to a certain type of music, talk a certain way and dress a certain way based on his environment.
So, you see its not about their color, its about their backgrounds. Now dont get me wrong. I realize their is a blackculture and a white culture in this country but thats more or less on the whole based on history and experiences as a whole race.
I do believe the military is the best place to go to understand equality. It has its problems too with racist and sexist and all that but nowher enear the same level as in society. When you are on patrol and you depend onthe guy next to you to get you backhom safe you dont give a rats a** what color he is. If you have never experienced that than you cannot possibly undertand what I am talking about. You see what you see on TV. But its very different in real life.
One final example. I have a friend from Trinidad who works as an airline pilot for British Airays. He said attitudes about race are soooooo musch different in Europe than they are in America . In Europe race is a non issue. A white guy can make a joke about a blackguy and its looked upon as a joke. In the US if a white guy makes a joke about a black guy,the first thing they want to do is call the NAACP. And the NAACP, well thats anothe rpost Icould talk about but I wont on here
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