Why? ya'll why?
Why do we have to act as if anything with an ethnic origin was established to hurt someone? Why can't folks admit that these OTHER pagaents, orgs, etc. exist because minorities COULD NOT participate because of their skin color? If we must ask questions, folks better go back and ask their ancestors why. You'll get your answers there. If it wasn't for so and so non -minority Smith, we would not need all of these SEPARATE entities.
Don't ask us why, ask those that ESTABLISHED ALL OF THESE pageants, leagues, schools, etc. for WHITES ONLY! We didn't create this game, we have done what we have done to play "YOUR" game.
You know this as well as I. C'mon now! Come with something better.
IN 1984, there was the first AA Miss America...whoop dee doo! When did this pageant begin?
In 1999, we had our first AA teen Miss USA...give the bird a cracker...whatever! That pageant was established in what year?
OH this is good...How many years did it take for a female AA to get the BEST actress Oscar? How many years? I guess that's why we have the NAACP Image Awards and the Essence Awards?
I guess we had to CREATE OUR OWN, BECAUSE "YOU", speaking generally (W.A.S.) DID NOT WANT US. You didn't see us as HUMAN BEINGS for the longest, You DIDN'T SEE US WORTH ANYTHING, YOU DIDN'T THINK WE WERE WORTHY... SO we had to create our own.
Is that a problem? Don't come at us, go to those IN CHARGE! WE don't want to hear it!
EDIT: uhhhh, I cannot speak for all minorities, but I'm speaking for myself.
Remember: YOU= those WHITE people in charge of the "laws of the land" back in the day. I do realize those on GC did not have anything to do with it, but still....THESE PEOPLE, if they haven't died, DO EXIST....so ask them!