There is no ONE POINT in life- Poplife. You have yours and I have mine and it seems that a couple of people missed mine and decided to stress a less important sentence in my original post rather than the more important overall idea. I don't recall saying "ignore what happened in the past" or not worry about the "bad white world". If that was what you got re-read my post, do some critical thinking and then reply with a more thought out response.
Poplife:
"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."
How do those issues tackle these SERIOUS issues: the AIDS crisis in Africa-in a few years more than half of the entire population will be infected, the rise of AIDS among young black women in America-eventually leading to the decline of the population, the poverty in our black communities, the health problems of the black population?
I can't be worried about whether my hair is natural or not, why the black guy is walking down the street with a white woman, or why my girl is black, indian, and chinese when there are africans still enslaved in Sudan in the year 2001. I can't worry about that when the young girl that I mentor has HIV. I can't worry about that when there are black people with no health insurance and can't get the medical attention that they need.
Serenity_24:
If one is in touch with their blackness and are doing things pertaining to that, then why should it matter to them who is a sell-out? If others aren't doing what they need to be doing for their community, then you as an individual step up to the plate. I can't be worried about what others are not doing, I can only worry about what I am doing and not be a sell-out.
"I feel we can have as many discussions as we want, that doesn't mean we are not in our communities actually addressing some of the "Bigger Issues"."
That's true, but the majority speak about it, but won't be about it.
1 Woman of Virtue:
I see in your post you refer to how the law is limiting us as black people. Well what are we doing to prevent this- besides going to court to fight for our rights? The majority of black people are apathetic when it comes to voting. All the hype comes when it's a Presidential election, but what about the smaller elections? Most people don't even know who their govenor or senator is and don't care. However, it's our influence that get's the right people into office to make the decisions for and by the people. Moreover, how many of us or the next generation aspire to be a politican to change the current state of affairs? Not many. Being PROACTIVE rather than REACTIVE is more efficient in the long run.
Pardon me if I don't exhibit my blackness by being aware of some of these "superficial issues" in society (in my opinion). It's clear to see that others will worry about them for me. I'll be demostrating my blackness by being proactive about more important and serious issues (in my opinion).
Lastly, I don't recall, so therefore I didn't say this issue wasn't worthwhile. It's just been talked about SO MUCH ON THIS BOARD and in almost EVERY OTHER POST that it needs a rest. One can only say the same thing so many times before people become tired of hearing it.
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