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Originally Posted by SomeRandomGuy  Thanks for your feedback. I realize that the point I wanted to make did not come across well to you, and maybe that is because it was not well presented.
I think it is great when people preserve their cultural heritage. What I often see, however, is that the "black community" is made up of people from all across the world; some of which may be recent immigrants, other's whose families have lived in the US for generations. It is in those cases where it seems that the "black culture" is built on having the same color skin, not sharing a common heritage.
If you have a group of people, some originally from Kenya, some originally from Jamaica, and some whose family have been in the US for 500 years, what heritage do they share? I might be wrong, feel free to correct me, but the only common trait I see there is skin color.
It sounds like you do not agree that skin color is what ties these people together. Would you mind sharing some of your thoughts on the common heritage shared by members of the black community whose ancestors were from different parts of the world. Perhaps there is just something that I am missing. Maybe the family from Kenya and the family from Jamaica do share a common culture that I am just unaware of. |
Ok now I see what you are saying and I could see how you might think Black people from different regions have little in common. As you probably know, the slave trade involved shipping Africans to North America, South America, and the West Indies, so slavery in itself is something we have in common. Much of the culture was stripped away during slavery, but some was preserved. The music, dance, and even religion in some cases are examples. Today, we still share these commonalities.
In the U.S. the majority of the Blacks are descendants of slaves. There are Blacks who have immigrated from other countries but for the most part, we are here because of slavery and it is true that Blacks in the U.S. have more in common than Blacks in South America, West Indies, etc...
But your original point was that Blacks play a role in the racism that exists. You used bad reasoning and your examples no evidence of racism. To say that Blacks are racist for being different would be similar to saying that Chinese Americans are being racist for creating China Town. A racist person believes that their race is superior. Give me examples of how you feel Blacks in the U.S. demonstrate this racism.