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Ayamae Akahana
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Ayamae Akahana
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Yes, I respect blacks. Yes, I respect whites. Yes, I respect all.
No, I do not think a month should be dedicated to them.
I feel that we are ALL important no matter who did what. The truth is, there are so many people of so many different races that have done so many things that hell...
HUMAN HISTORY MONTH.
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I agree totally with this.
I also love how someone suggested that this was an idea based in white privilege. If that's true, then why the hell does Morgan Freeman believe that this month is bogus, too?
Certain people are keeping themselves down, it's not anyone's fault but theirs.
Morgan Freeman is not the emperor of black people. He's a "pleasing man who is paid to say pleasing things". It's also worth mentioning that he operates with a certain amount of privilege due to his celebrity status and grand acceptance in Hollywood. I'm not sure why anyone takes him seriously anymore.
I never said he was emperor of the black people. Also, it's not like he was born to privilege, his mother was a teacher and his father was a barber. It's not like he was rolling in cash as he grew up.
Point being here, that people hold themselves back. They think "Oh, I"ll never amount to anything, so I'll sell drugs and live off welfare for the rest of my life." and that is NOT the fault of other people of a different race, that is their fault entirely for not transcending their circumstances, for not making the most of their education, for not making better choices.
I am sick of being made to pay for other people's dumbass stupidity because of the color of my skin.
Freeman wasn't born into it, but NOW he operates with it. As one of the most visible and respected black celebrities at the moment, he's well aware of the power of words especially when those words are used in favor of a messed up system.
I'M sick and tired of people quoting the bullcrap he spouted in that interview like it somehow invalidates the opinions of other blacks everywhere.
I'M sick and tired of people who are not affected by racism and were not born in the hood, repeating bullshit "bootstraps bootstraps 'If I was a Young Black Boy/Girl/Whatever in the Hood, I Would-,". You don't know. You aren't affected. Stop pretending that what happens to the people who live there truly affects you. It doesn't.
I'M sick and tired of people thinking that minorities are somehow always blaming them for our problems. It's not you, it's the system, but if your thoughts and opinions support this unfair system then best BELIEVE you're going to get caught in the gunfire.
I'M sick and tired of people blaming minorities for being oppressed. You know, because people have a choice to be oppressed or not. It has nothing to do with the fact that Racism as an Institution affects people and changes their reality. No. Because we all live in a post-racial land with bubblegum and lemon drops. Those people in the hood are just DETERMINED to make life so much harder for the rest of us.
You think I know nothing about the hood? You're funny. I've got relatives and friends there, good friends. I visit them. And do you know what I hear? All their other friends coming over and talking about how they're on welfare. They're on welfare, but they have their hair and nails done, and all the while, their baby is barefoot and has no coat.
There are those that abuse the system, and I agree, it is ******** up, because it gives people like them money. People who haven't tried to work honestly, and you cannot tell me that there isn't honest work out there for people in the hood, because there is. My aunt and cousins all live in the hood, and all of them found work through a temp agency. It's not the best work, but it is work.
As for this minorities thing, spare me. The whites are now the minority. Blacks, Latinos, everyone considered a minority are now the majority.
The truth is that we are all people, and there are assholes and non-assholes.