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Originally posted by REIKI
Just because an African American doesn't share the popularly held social, political, or philosophical beliefs of the "majority", doesn't mean they are not for the advancement of important Black issues. To look at a person of color with divergent views from the majority with suspicion just pegs "us" as a narrow minded, uncritical, passive, blind group of followers, who share one group philosophy and are unwilling to think outside our philosophical comfort zones. "Our kind of people"... please. That's what's wrong with "us". You assume only one particular school of thought is appropriate for "your people"... the same people you probably shun on any given day you are not doing community service, and only lump yourself in the same group with when attacking one of "us" to make yourself (and those Blacks that operate from your philosophical vantage point) look like the honorary representatives of Black America  Not!
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How you managed to assume all of that from one statement, I don't know, especially since I never posted my opinion about her.
Thanks for your opinion on though, but you are wrong in your "assestment"
. I was refering to how we as blacks do not support one another in general. How some of US are quick to criticze and browbeat their brotha or sista when they are bigger fish to fry.
That is why I stated that the statement " all our skinfolk ain't our kinfolk" applies to MANY FACETS OF OUR CULTURE. Because unfortunately, every black is not my friend nor do they have the best interest of our culture in mind. This applies to everything frok BGLOs, music, companies, etc. to just plain being neighbors with one another.
Maybe I should have elaborated for some, but I didn't feel the need to.