prettygyrl wrote:
"I never said I did not like white people!"... "But...... honestly it makes no difference to me or not if i ever see another white person ya know. I mean if they all picked up and moved or whatever I would not miss them at all."... "Believe it or not I have white friends and white people in my family."

How could you have white friends/family and say these kinds of things? You would not miss your friends/family if you were to never see them again? How can you even consider these white people to be your friends when you feel this way towards all white people?


prettygyrl wrote:
"I do not have to cause your people continue to do it. It is not your fault entirely but what are you doing to help the current problems?"

It is not my (our) fault entirely? It is not my fault at all. Judging a group of people based on what individuals do is the basis of prejudice & stereotyping which leads to racism. What am I doing to help the current problems? I surely do not do what you do - that is, I do not judge people based on the color of their skin. I do not judge people based on their ethnicity. I DO judge *individuals* based on their own actions.


prettygyrl wrote:
"I mean some of you speak as if alot is different now. Get real!!! I am mostly bitter that alot of my people still think that one day everyone will be equal in this world and we will all be treated the same so they have this forgiveness for white people. Please!!! In all reality are struggle will continue until we find some love among our own people and unite together! Instead of trying to unite with the white people!"

Depending on the times in history you are comparing to, yes, things are a lot different now. Things are VERY different now than they were 200 years ago, but not much different than 1 year ago. About everyone one day being treated as equals, based on color, sex, ethnicity (etc) - I sure hope that this one day happens. But when it comes to merit (as individuals) equality makes no sense. By this I mean when it comes to things like choosing between students to accept for college or choosing who gets hired for a job, it should have nothing to do with color/sex/ethnicity and have everything to do with who has the most experience, knowledge, grades, etc.

You say, "Instead of trying to unite with the white people!" I think the majority of people who are uniting, aren't doing so because of color. I think it has more to do with common interests as citizens of the U.S.A. We all want a better country with less crime, less poverty, less hate - less bad & more good. When it comes to the *big picture* (the worldwide community) - we are ALL seen as Americans. There are people in the world (of all colors, white/black/etc) who would like to see many of our freedoms taken away and our country turn communist. Maybe one day our country will see first hand why we need to be united. Maybe that day will be when our shores are invaded and our freedoms at stake. United WE stand, divided WE fall.


In response to most of what you wrote in caps:
You describe how the grandparents are VERY unaccepting of the different colors. The parents are more accepting, but not totally. The children, well, many of them are in love (regardless of color). Your statements pretty much show a timeline of social progress. Our society may not be perfect (and may never be), but we are getting closer to that goal each and every day.