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Originally posted by allsmiles_22:
Like AKA2D'91 said "THERE ARE MORE IMPORTANT THINGS GOING ON IN THIS WORLD". One cannot sit around and weigh the slavery affects of whether to perm or not to perm-that's a waste of time. We as black people got too much going on in life-THE HERE AND THE NOW-to worry about that.
If you want examples- our current political situation, the AIDS crisis in Africa, the rise of AIDS among your black women, the poverty in our black communities, the health problems of the black population, etc. These are some real issues that we need to address because this "bad white world" isn't.
We need to focus on the BIGGER, SERIOUS and more SUBSTANTIAL problems rather than the insignificant ones. Once we have established our position in society, then we can focus on how we look in it.
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Smiles, I think you totally missed the point. How in the world can you say we can't worry about the "Bad White World" right now?? Are you living in the same WHITE MAN'S country I am? The Land of glass ceilings, hate crimes, and subtle bigotry? I already said that it's not all about to perm or not to perm. It's about how we as a people are STILL affected by things that went on hundreds of years ago.
Our history and our heritage have a direct impact on the lives we lead in the United States today. How is any discussion about our past insignificant? If we are still messed up by the Willie Lynches of the past how are we going to truly be the leaders of the future?
You should realize that talking about things like color complexes, the allure of straight hair, black love/black hate, interracial dating, bi racial children and the like
does help us to establish our position in society. You can’t really know where you are standing until you look back to where you have been.
Besides you can see from some of these topics that many people can't accept some "small" parts of our history. How well do you think they are going to hold up to the "SUBSTANTIAL" things??
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[This message has been edited by Poplife (edited January 26, 2001).]