prettygyrl wrote:
"No that was not a contradiction. YOU know what I meant WE are underrepresented in careers etc. I would not care if the glos never let me in hell thats why they had to start the BGLOS in the first place."

Yes, I completely understand what you meant by your point about being underrepresented in many areas. And I agree with you about that. My comments were about your statements where you say it is NOT okay for white people "to have a piece of everything" but you implied that that it is okay for black people to be represented (have a piece of everything) "in just about every dam thing." My point is that just as blacks should be entitled to equal representation, the same applies to whites. Everyone should be entitled to equality, it is not a one way street.


prettygyrl wrote:
"SEGRAGATION is not always better."

I agree. I believe that segregation (between groups of people not defined by color) is not a problem in certain instances such as "12dn94dst" described above in her comments, different jobs, different schools, different organizations, etc. But, when it comes to segregation among blacks & whites within those instances (jobs, schools, organizations, etc) it is NOT okay. Segregation in non-public groups such as families or friends isn't really open to public scrutinization since those are choices made out of personal preference and are not open to the general public.


I don't know much about the history of how & why BGLOS were formed except for what I've learned in these forums. I do understand & agree with you (prettygyrl) about almost everything you say about BGLOS. The only point I disagree upon is how you say that BGLOS should be black-only now since they were founded by and for blacks and were black-only many years ago. That would not be any different than a GLO which was founded by & for whites and was white-only many years ago saying that they should be white-only today. The rules/laws do & should apply equally regardless of the color of the majority of people in an organization. Don't get me wrong, I don't think there should be 50/50 representation in BLGOS as their history is better understood & felt by blacks, I just do not think that the few whites who do join these organizations should be discriminated against based on COLOR.

prettygyrl, in many of your other statements you refer to whites of the past as "YOU". Please, do not be misled and think that I am the same or that I think the same as the white people of years ago did. I am very, VERY different. I'm referring to statements like "before yall thought of us as 100% humans!", I have never in my life ever thought of anyone black (or people of any other color) as less than 100% human. I wasn't even alive during the civil rights movement. There is a whole new generation of people on this planet who think & feel very differently about the world around them when compared to people of older & past generations.


prettygryl wrote:
"You look around today and little has changed!"

I think this really depends on where you look and who you look at. Where I have seen & everywhere that I have been in my (young) life, things are VERY, VERY different. Much different than even 40 years ago.