FIRST OF ALL........I will respond to Poplife I am not going to get it into to a heated discussion with anyone of my people here in this forum. But I do want to say this much.... I do not know what world you live in that you can do whatever you want to when you want. Girl please come this way and i would like to see you walk through a number of cities and make it out alive. Hell I would like to see you with a college degree be amongst many making more than a white person without one! You misunderstood what I was saying sweetie.... of course I am glad that we are able to DO some things that were not accessible to us before BUT AT THE same time dear.... as i said those were things that never should have been off limits to us in the first place. So no I do not feel a whole lot of joy about the fact that so many of my people had to lose their life for JUST for me to be able to go to a good school, or sit down and eat with a white person. HELL NO I AM NOT GREATFUL OR HAPPY ABOUT THE FACT THAT SO MANY OF MY PEOPLE HAD TO DIE JUST SO I COULD BE TREATED HUMAN! You said there are so many other things you have to worry about than things of this nature or that you do not see yourself as Black first......I say this just because you do not talk about these issues do not mean they will go away. If you do not see BLACK first then let me tell you that everyone else does. THIS IS FOR EVERYONE...... I AM NOT ANGRY I AM HURT BY THE WAY THINGS HAVE BEEN AND ARE FOR MY PEOPLE! IT PAINS ME TO SEE THE DESTRUCTION THAT HAS COME UPON US AT THE HANDS OF OTHER HUMAN BEINGS(WHITE PEOPLE) THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I AM VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT BECAUSE IT AFFECTS ME AND MY CHILDREN AND MY FRIENDS AND MY FAMILY ETC. I DO NOT WALK AROUND EVERYDAY WITH A CHIP ON MY SHOULDER READY TO BEAT DOWN ANY WHITE PERSON THAT I SEE. NO I AM BETTER THAN THAT. AS I HAVE SAID BEFORE I AM VERY MUCH SO ABLE TO LIVE, AND DEAL WITH WHITE PEOPLE IN THIS WORLD. I CHOOSE TO ONLY DATE BLACK MEN AND ONLY HAVE DEEP ASSOCIATIONS WITH PEOPLE OF COLOR THAT IS MY CHOICE. AS FAR AS HOW PEOPLE THINK I COME OFF IN MY POST....... THATS TOO DAM BAD TAKE THEM FOR WHAT THEY ARE MY OPINIONS AND MY OWN PERSONAL FEELINGS. I DO NOT TRY AND DISS PEOPLE OR HURT ANYBODYS FEELINGS. I HAVE ONLY SPOKEN TRUTH AND IF THERE ARE WHITE PEOPLE WHO READ WHAT I SAY IN THIS FORUM AND GET OFFENDED THEN THEY MUST BE GUILTY. I SPEAK FROM A HISTORICAL STANDPOINT AND FROM MY EXPERIENCES. I AM NOT SPEAKING FOR EVERY BLACK PERSON IN THIS WORLD (I WISH I WAS THOUGH) I AM SPEAKING FOR ME. IF I TYPE IN ALL CAPITAL LETTERS IT IS BECAUSE THAT PART OF WHAT I AM SAYING IS IMPORTANT. I KNOW SOME ASSOCIATE ALL CAPS WITH YELLING BUT THAT IS NOT THE MESSAGE I AM SENDING. I CAN NOT BE ANGERED BY THIS FORUM I DO NOT KNOW ANY OF YOU AND NOR YOU ME SO WHAT SENSE WOULD IT MAKE TO GET ALL HOSTILE. IT IS JUST SOME THINGS PEOPLE SAY ARE JUST STUPID AND SOME THINGS SADDEN MY HEART. THATS IT THATS ALL. FYI: OVERALL I AM A PRETTY HAPPY PERSON I KNOW THAT NO WHITE PERSON IS GOING TO KEEP ME FROM DOING ANYTHING. THEY ARE A EXTREMELY SMALL PART OF MY OWN PERSONAL WORLD. I DEAL WITH THEM WHEN I HAVE TO AND WHEN I DO NOT HAVE TO I CHOOSE NOT TO! THSTS NOT ANGER NOR RACISM THATS JUST MY CHOICE!
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