Black = Education-less?

nikki1920 · #1 01-25-2007, 08:00 PM

Sorry... didnt want to type
get the freak out of here with that bull isht....lol..

MzDoctaKay · #2 01-25-2007, 08:19 PM

You know:

I was sitting here thinking about the converse of my situation and I have to admit that it's bad on both sides - just as a soror commented in the Omega Room. You get to a point where you find you're not "accepted" (for the lack of a better term) by either side. I'll never forget when a soror stood up during a forum and asked me, "Who gave you the right to speak on my behalf?" I couldn't understand that type of question, based on the fact I was fighting to get MLK Day observed at our University. Somehow, she felt I was taking away her right to speak because I assumed that all Black people wanted MLK Day off. My reaction? "Wooow"!

So you're right - you will never please everyone. I was perceived by my college peers as too black - and by my militant peers as not black enough.

Why can't I be both? Ya feel me?

I appreciate your responses!

delph998 · #3 01-26-2007, 12:37 AM

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Originally Posted by nikki1920

Sorry... didnt want to type
get the freak out of here with that bull isht....lol..

That's what's up! I'll respond to the matter at hand tomorrow when my mind's right.

MzDoctaKay · #4 01-26-2007, 01:03 PM

DST....I sent a message to Doggystyle when I realized what I'd done.....I'm already two steps ahead of you.

mccoyred · #5 01-27-2007, 07:31 PM

This is the same mindset that is causing our children to 'dumb down' in grade school. I always reiterate to my children that good grades and education gives you CHOICES. Many of us just don't get it...

MzDoctaKay · #6 02-02-2007, 12:41 PM

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Originally Posted by mccoyred

This is the same mindset that is causing our children to 'dumb down' in grade school. I always reiterate to my children that good grades and education gives you CHOICES. Many of us just don't get it...

I like that. It's all about placing yourself in a position to have CHOICES!

firecracker08 · #7 02-02-2007, 04:09 PM

Maybe that's where the mindset comes from. Often I think people believe they don't have a choice. But the options are out there. We just have to show those we can how to take advantage of them.

I keep it moving when I hear crap about being educated means I'm less black. I can't let that ignorance enter my personal space.

black_princess · #8 02-02-2007, 08:17 PM

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Originally Posted by firecracker08

I can't let that ignorance enter my personal space.

I love that quote . . I might have to "borrow" that . . I hope that's

raggann03 · #9 02-06-2007, 11:41 PM

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Originally Posted by mccoyred

This is the same mindset that is causing our children to 'dumb down' in grade school. I always reiterate to my children that good grades and education gives you CHOICES. Many of us just don't get it...

This is something I've dealt with personally. I remember "dumbing down" around the 4th grade after I had been told repeatedly by my peers that "I think I know everything", and "you always gotta answer for something". So I shut up, stopped reading those encyclopedia's my mother bought for me and just coasted through school. Even though my parents were educated I placed more value on the messages being sent to me by my peers than them. It took a long time to shake that mentality. In the small town I come from you aren't given options, if you aren't considered smart they don't try to invest anything into you. Many are labeled in grade school and not even given the chance to consider college. I had hoped this mentality was changing