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Originally Posted by Plays With Life  Thanks, amj. I do see what you're saying. I've always found the slang fascinating. Black people seem to have done it all across the Americas. In Belize and all along the Caribbean coast of Central America, the black folks speak this mixture of thickly accented Creole English and thickly accented Spanish. Darned if I can understand what the heck they're saying half the time 
I don't see what you're saying, here. Did this happen to you? Or to someone you know? Are you saying the white people who are alive today put you through this? In my experience, the average white person in the U.S. doesn't go around doing this things; and in fact would find them horrific if they encountered them.
I don't think you have to fit in with white society, though. |
When I say 'we' I am referring to my ancestors. There is a deep connection between Black people and their ancestors.
Black people were enslaved and forced to change their culture while enslaved. Black people were not allowed to speak their native language or play drums (which was used as a form of communication). Basically, much of our culture was stripped from us. Now that slavery has ended, people expect Black people to disabandon the little bit of African culture that has managed to stay with us throughout slavery. That doesn't make sense to me.
I addressed SomeRandomGuy's comments. He feels that Black people should stop being different. He feels that since we are being different, we are participating in some form of racism. I say that we have the right to be as different as we want to be without being called racist. My ancestors helped to build this country and were raped, tortured, etc. Given all of that, you would think Black people would HATE white people but this is not the case... At the very least we should be able to live our lives without being called racist.