Kent, do you hate black people? Do you harbor resentment toward blacks? Why? Do you judge a person by his or her character? Was your family directly impacted by racism? I am hoping you were trying to get emy's goat. But doing so offended me. Not a big deal but worth my time to tell you a few things.
I was raised to hate white people. There was a point in my life if I could exterminate all white people I would. Sounds crazy. Of course I don't think that way anymore thank goodness, many of my dearest friends are white. I started thinking for myself on this issue when desegreagtion of schools started when going to the 8th grade. Then Mom left my Dad and I was enrolled in a school that only had 5 blacks in the whole school. Man that was a culture shock. Kent don't let hate blind you dude. Do you have reason for resentment?
My family as an example: My father was born in 1913, mother 1924. They came up in 2 different worlds. My Mom grew up playing and going to school with white kids in Topeka Kansas in an orphanage.
My father grew up in Bastrop TX picking cotton. He lost his uncle who was lynched and burned when Dad was in the 5th grade, the last grade he completed. The 3 mile walk was too dangerous because of white hatred. Uncle Zeno's offense, he did not agree to sale land to some white folks in the area. Dad’s family bought so many acres of land each month that accumulated to 235 acres. 145 acres remain in the family.
Then my Dad lost his oldest brother. Just to show my father’s family mentiality during that time his brother was named Master, really no joke. A white mob tied Master to railroad tracks and watched the whole thing. The Mob left the body there to rot. His offense, he wore a military type uniform in town. That offended white men for some reason. His brother did not get a chance to visit his family before he was slain. That deeply hurt my father, my aunts told me he has never been the same since that happened. Years later Dad became a preacher/pastor to help him to cope with his pain. My father’s family moved to Oklahoma leaving the rest of the extended family in Bastrop. 35 years rolled by before Dad visited TX again. My dad was so stricken by his upbringing and experience in Bastrop, it took a dear uncle's funeral for him to visit his homestead. That event was one of my earliest memories I was 5 or 6 years old and it was the first time I met family in Texas. Anyway, my father hated white people with all his heart. He would go out on the town now just to find some white man to bash, hurt badly. My mother would have to bail him out of jail sometimes. He was blind with hate and he taught it in our home. However, my Mom always gave us the other side, the right one. Thank God for Momma!
My brother is still caught up with hatred for white people, he is a long haul truck driver.
There are a few more stories I could tell you more about racism my family had to deal with, maybe another day.
Kent this is a very sensitive issue with me. Obviously for you too but I would like to know why? Why are you so sensitive about the issue of racism? I have seen what hate can do and it is a real problem in America but it's getting better. Posts like "certitfied nigger" does not help matters, it just digs up sleeping a monster called HATE.
Anyway, I hope you understand that this issue is a very painful one to discuss for some like me.
Take care Kent, Spartacus