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Old 06-29-2002, 11:52 AM
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Negative Action

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Originally posted by librasoul22

PM Mama...the fact is that your parents immigrated over here...immigrated...BY CHOICE. Not everyone's ancestors had that luxury. Some were plucked from their native villages and forced to come here under the worst conditions imaginable.

Yes that was the past. But the fact is that the ramifications of it STILL haunt Black people today. The consquences are far-reaching and long-lasting.

It is great that you are able to dust yourself off and try again. Great! But please understand that NOT EVERYONE IS LIKE YOU! (breathing a sigh of relief). And it is not THEIR fault either. They are simply not afforded the same opportunities you are.

I think that at your age, it might be hard for you to unlearn everything that you have been taught. That is very unfortunate because people like you are the reason that oppression, racism, PREDUISM, xenophobia and whatever other label you want to put on it, exist today.

Please do post. I wrote that out of haste. The more you post the more your ignorance is exposed.
Yes, my parents did migrate here for their own choice. I didn't even think about how your ancestors might've come over.

I understand what you say about the ramifications from history, but I just think that many people have done what they could to make things equal. History and now is what bothers me. The Jews encountered a horrible event long ago, and I'm sure are discriminated against in some issues, but I've never really heard them complaining about what happened. Yes complain, but I can't really think of the words to write to explain what I'm thinking. So please don't take that comment in a negative way.

No, not everyone is like me and thank God because I like being an individual.

Yes at my age it is hard for me to unlearn things that I learned growing up in a mostly all-white neighborhood. However, coming to college I've learned a lot about other cultures and kept an open mind. Last night I talked to one of my black friends and he totally understood what I was saying, and we discussed it in a mature way. I think posting online, people are gettin the wrong idea about me. Sometimes I saw things that I'm thinking, but they came out the wrong way.

If my ignorance is exposed, so be it. I am being true. If my opinions are making me ignorant, then I'm sorry. I value others' opinions, and I only wish that people would do the same.

I started this thread just to post that news story, and to get your opinions ON THE STORY. I'm glad that it has prompted a somewhat intellectual debate. I am only sorry that is has made you all think that I'm an ignorant, prejudiced person. I'm not. I'll interact with any race. If someone of another race came through Rush, if I feel that they would be a great addition to my organization, I'd vote positive on them. But since I'm an ignorant person, I'll prolly get flamed for sayin that.
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