WELL I THINK ALL OF YOU HAVE MADE VERY VALID POINTS. AND I AGREE WITH SEVERAL OF THEM. WITH ALL THAT HAS BEEN SAID, I CAN'T SEEM TO FORGET WHAT THEY(WHITE FOLKS, PARDON MY SLANG)HAVE DONE TO US IN THE PAST. I KNOW IT WASN'T DONE TO ANY OF US, BUT LETS LOOK AT THE FACTS SHALL WE!!!???
FOR CENURIES THEY HAVE TRIED TO BRING US DOWN,OR SHALL I SAY TEAR US DOWN. IT IS A VERY DIFFICULT JOB TRYING TO GET AHEAD, WHEN YOUR AFRICAN AMERICAN. AS SOON AS YOU GET IT, IT IS QUICKLY TAKEN AWAY FROM YOU.
IF YOU LOOK CARFULLY YOU CAN STILL SEE THE PLANTATION, THE SLAVE QUARTERS, THE MARCHES, THE BEATINGS,THEY MAY NOT BE OUR MOTHERS AND SONS HANGING FROM A NOOSE ON THE BIGGEST OAK TREE IN TOWN BUT THE KILLINGS AS WELL. INSTEAD WE HAVE POLICE OFFICERS SHOOTING OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS. AT THE FRONT DOOR OF THEIR OWN HOMES OR PULLING THEM OUT OF CARS BEFORE GIVING THEM A CHANCE TO UNDO THEIR SEATBELTS, OR TIEING A BROTHER TO THE BACK OF A TRUCK, AND DRAGGING HIM UNTIL HE IS DEAD.
AS AFRICAN AMERICANS WE ALL HAVE OUR THICK RELIGIOUS BACKGROUNDS AND I BELIEVE OUR ANCESTORS MADE THIS IMPORTANT IN THEIR LIVES, BECAUSE THEY NEEDED THE LORD AND IN SOME STRANGE WAY THEY KNEW THAT WE WOULD NEED TO CALL ON THE LORD IN THIS DAY AND TIME AS WELL.
WHITE FOLKS CAN NOT, AND I DO REPEAT CAN NOT RELATE TO WHAT WE AS A PEOPLE HAVE GONE THROUGH.
SOME OF THEM STILL THINK THAT BLACK FOLKS GROW TAILS AT NIGHT,( THIS IS A TRUE FACT BECAUSE A WOMAN TOLD ME OUT OF HER OWN MOUTH THAT WE DID,AND I CORRECTED HER ONE NIGHT BY GIVING HER MY ASS TO KISS, EXCUSE MY FRENCH).
HOW CAN I ACCEPT PEOPLE LIKE THIS, TO COME AND SHARE MY RICH ANCESTORY. I CAN NOT AND WILL NOT.
I WILL CONTINUE TO RECORD THE FAKE SMILES THAT THEY GIVE BECAUSE THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND. I WILL CONTINUE TO ACCEPT EVERYTHING THEY SAY THAT IS FALSE. AND I WILL CONTINUE TO SPEAK MY MIND AN CORRECT THEM WHEN THEY ARE WRONG.
WHITE FOLKS WILL NEVER UNDERSTAND ME AND I DON'T WANT TO UNDERSTAND THEM. IT IS NOT THAT I AN CLOSE MINDED, IT IS JUST THAT I KNOW WHAT I KNOW!!!
I DON'T CARE WHO THEY ARE, TRUE YOU MIGHT COME ACCROSS A COUPLE OF REAL NICE WHITE PEOPLE. SOME THAT YOU CALL YOUR BEST FRIENDS. BUT WHEN YOU BOTH DISAGREE, WHAT WILL HAPPEN??????? WHAT WILL HE OR SHE SAY TO THE REST OF HIS OR HER WHITE FRIENDS.
WE AS AFRICAN AMERICANS ARE ON A WHOLE DIFFERENT LEVEL THAN THEY ARE.
AND SOME OF YOU MIGHT NOT AGREE WITH ME, AND I AM SO SORRY FOR STEPPING REAL HARD ON SOME TOES,BUT THAT IS HOW I FEEL.
IF YOU GIVE IT TO THEM(WHITE PEOPLE) THEY WILL TAKE IT, REARANGE IT, AND CALL IT THIER OWN.
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU ALL, BUT AS AN AFRICAN AMERICAN I AM PROUD OF AN ANCESTRY AND I WILL FIGHT FOR WHAT IS MINE!!!!
LUV YOU ALL
GOD BLESS
QUEEN#4
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