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Originally posted by RRMDQT:
I don't think that is a positive outlook to say that you don't think that the slave mentality will never end. Maybe not in our lifetimes, but I believe it will. With the emergence of so many bi-racial and multi-racial people, people perspectives of each other are going to change inevitably.
We have to teach our children and younger brothers and sisters not to view each other as dark vs light and watch what we say around them. If we do not teach them the right ways then the cycle will just continue. I believe it is up to us. Those who do not accept that we, as Black people, still have a lot of issues to discuss, will be the same ones who continue to say the same things to one another, keeping us as a people separated. We have to unite as a people first before we can even think about everyone else.
Just remember to think about that before making a comment about someone based upon their complexion, hair texture, or features.
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See, we aren't ready to unite as a people, which is why I don't see change coming. I'll try to think more optimistically about my children's future, but as long as we stay caught up in promoting Eurocentric "beauty" and trying to ensure white people are "comfortable" around us.
I will admit I suffer from it, too. I'm in grad scool now, growing dreads, but when I go out on the market in a few years, at most I'll have braids. Part of is it because I like different hairstyles, but part is that I want a job, and white people and dreads don't necessarily mix well in conservative circles.