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Old 01-24-2004, 04:47 PM
Phasad1913 Phasad1913 is offline
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Originally posted by James
Ok. Well we know it exists.

Is it bad? Only if you are the wrong side of it.

What can we do about it?

Assimilate.


I have heard there are reasons for this lol . . . but I'm sleepy. There are some books on it also . . .

But the lack of assimilation delays full acceptance.

Also, another comprison has to be made about how Blacs are treated in other countries. Are there the same problems?
James, again, I must reject the notion of assimilation for two reasons:

1. It should not be necessary that a group assimilate just to be treated fairly and equally, and this is true (or my opinion) regarding any country or society, this actually indicates even more that this country practices and relies that much more heavily on white skin privilege to establish what is and isn't acceptable.

2. Re: "If you look aht history of other immigrant groups coming into the states, they are hated for a generation or so and then they assimilate adopting the language, dress, and basic cultural patterns of the parent culture.

African american youth Culture, which seems to be a hodgpodge of stuff, hasn't successfully assimilated in language, dress, or basic patterns."

Black Americans have been "hated" in this country for much longer than a generation. I have to say that once again, too many people over simplify a tremndous social problem in this country as well as others that is specific to people with BLACK skin. This has been shown time and time again, over and throughout history. We ARE not regular immigrants to AMerica and never have been. So, comparing our "group" to other "groups" is not effective as we examine this problem.
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