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Originally Posted by amj  ...
When I say fit in, I mean change who we are. Why can't we dress a certain way, have our own habits, and be creative and innovative with music, speech, etc? As long as we are not harming anyone what is the problem? Again, I was responding to SomeRandomGuy's comments where he suggested that doing this was a bad thing.
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Who says you can't? And why would you do as they say? I don't think, reading SRG's posts, is that that is what he meant.
I see lots of black culture appreciated by many non blacks too: jazz, dance, hip hop, clothes, etc.
Many blacks have been mistreated in the past (slavery being the biggest). But they are not the only ones. Lots of Jews killed in WW2, lots of people worldwide persecuted for religious reasons (to the point of witch hunting, torture, killing), genocide in Armenia, etc etc.
It seemt to me that blacks claim special treatment and take a victim position because their ancestors were enslaved and taken from Africa. Yes that has happened, yes it was bad (I don't think many people nowadways would approve), but can we leave it in the past instead of clinging to it? I'm not saying forget it, it never happened. I do say: honour your ancestors but also get on with your life here and now.
What I would like to know is why blacks need to cling to the past much more than caucasians, asians and others. BTW I thinks this is much more a USA blacks issue than an African blacks issue.
And what would your ideal society look like? How is it different from your current society?