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enlightenment06
First I would like to say thank you for being able to carry on an educated conversation/debate without throwing around personal attacks. I feel this is the only way people can gain a better understanding of others. Also while we may never agree about certain subjects, I believe it is better to communicate with others so that you can understand their feelings and atttitudes about things.
1] My point about this was that I was correct in calling it the War of Northen Agression. I know that some people automatically classify people who refer to it as that as some extremist, which I can assure I am not. I understand what you mean and I agree slavery was immoral, my argument about it was that it was legal and since then has become illegal but we can't change the fact that it was at one time legal. We also shouldn't/can't make an ex post facto law saying it was illegal as that is unconstitutional. On the other hand look at Native Americans, they were brutalized and their land taken from them, most of them got over it.
[F.Y.I. I am enough Native American to pass as a minority but choose not to as I do not feel I am entitled to anything, so please don't make accusations that I am racist etc. Thank you.]
3] Honestly, the "my people" part of it threw me off. I personally have always said my family, although it was kind of funny, before I read this post today someone else used my people when referring to their family and I asked him about it. In their opinions has it [race relations] gotten better since the early 70s? A couple older coworkers of mine [who are black] told me that it has gotten much better, although they would like it to continue getting better. But they are also disappointed in the younger generation because in their opinion the younger generation of blacks are not striving to achieve and want to live a gangster lifestyle.
I know that Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson don't speak for the entire black population, just like politicians don't speak for the entire white population. My point was that Jackson and Sharpton do have an agenda to keep some people misinformed and teach them they can't do it without others help, which I think is a bunch of b.s.
Thank you for the suggested reading material, when I get a chance I will probably pick the one up my Woodson up sometime. If you have one by Kennedy, please let me know the isbn #, it would be odd if I started looking up n*gger, don't you agree?
9] I agree the country is inherently racist, but I also think that it is on both sides of the aisle that are racist. Also we as humans are naturally prejudice, we base things on looks from an instinctive level. Things such as female attractiveness are based on instinct [symmetry, hips that can carry a baby etc]. I personally don't think prejudice will ever end, but I do think people shouldn't get as defensive about things as well as try to understand each other and try to get along.
I'm not a big song person, I will try to read the suggested books, but probably won't listen to songs, but if you have the words of the song I will definitely read them.
I feel discriminated against in my daily live. The other day I went into a restaurant to order some food, the cashier was a black female. She was rude to me and conveyed the attitude of disgust of me. I am a fairly pleasant person and I was being very congenial with her so I know I didn't do anything to her. While I was waiting for my food, another black female came in and the cashier was the most plolite person to her, she smiled to her etc. Based on the conversation they didn't know each other [that is what I thought at first, but they sure didn't talk like they knew each other]. The guy who handed me my food was also black and he was as nice as could be to me, so I know I wasnt' being rude. The point of this is that I didn't let someone else ruin my day, I kept a positive attitude and went about my business, because in the long run what difference does a few bad experiences cause? People of all races need to overcome the hatred of others period, this can be done by turning the other cheek and trying to communicate and understand others.
Again I wanted to say thank you for being able to talk with candor about this.
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