lmn_nobles
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...haunt us? I write to you today disturbed I recently read an article out of the magazine Essence, and reading the print on the page deeply bothered me. Growing up, I've been raised in an very accepecting academic household, living with both my grandparents, my mother and my two siblings. We were raised with yes many privlages other kids in many places were finicially unable to recieve. However, we only recieved what we needed with the exceptions of gifts, that more than likely had something to do with a hobby.(Baton, Tae Kwon Do, Ballet, Band, etc...)
I come from a family of many different races. When going to unfamiliar settings with my family, there are always eyes gazing toward our way. I have two sisters whom we all have the same mother, my oldest with a degree in education who is mainly Native American, from african american descent combined with hispanic, and european caucasion. My other sister who is currently enrolled in a very profound university with a planned major of communication. When looking at her features, she is automatically called "black" or "mixed". Although she is from african american decent, and from european caucasiun, she is majority Native American from the Lumbee tribe and is quick to tell you her race. Our mother is Native american from the Cherokee, Chipowa, and Choctaw tribes, with Scott-irish, and german.
when I walk in to a public place with either of my sisters, most people if they had to would assume that there would be no blood relation between us three, I believe that once in my life someone actually asked if we were sisters. Even though I'm Native american, French-Indian, and other european cultures combines, I'm seen by majority of population as a "white girl."
In my family, we don't look at race or "color" of people. We look at who you are, and how you portray yourself. In the "Present" United States of America, we learn about the history of were we come from, and the challenges that brought us here today. We learn in our history books today to appreciate and commerate the people who had to go through hardships in time of confusion, and misunderstanding about the equality of people and to understand and prevent things especially like slavery, and segregation, and racism from ever happening again in the USA. These things have been polluting men's minds since the beggining of time. From the pyramids, Sparta, outcasting and killing Natives in the New World, Slavery and Segregation in America, up to to Hitler's revenge on people of other than a "perfect" race. And because here in a America, it wasn't even fifty years ago, when things were horrible segregated, it is now our generations time to step up, and accept people for who they are, not for what they look like.
The article that I read in the Essence magazine only reminded us of young america, and their leaders mistakes. I believe though that the idea of the article was to tell why women here in America decending from the African-American race feel betrayed when they see a man sharing the same race as them, in a relationship with a woman from another race, the "white" race as it says.
We are in 2010 are any of those leaders in office today, are any of the same cruel laws or harsh treatment still around? No, the Constitution was adapted when people like our former President Abraham Lincoln new that it was it wrong to treat people in such a way. He gave his life for what he believed in. Mr. Lincoln helped make sure like very many others to make possible ever human being, living in the United States have equal rights and that those rights are ensured. Now there are some still out there that have there own opionions and were brought up by their families to judge. But you know there still are people that are raised in a certain way, that they themselves are good at heart. I can't say this for every American, but I can say it for myself. I have nothing but respect for the cruel and diffucult challenges African-Americans went through in the early years of our great nation. However, we are not in those early years anymore. Segregation has finally come to an end. But racism still invades the minds of many, and unfortunatly people have ideas that are shared sometimes just within themselves, and sometimes between themselves and others.
Jill Scott a great music artist and song writer is also the author of the article "The Wince" in the Essence magazinge states how she and other women decending from the african american race feel "betrayed" when a "white" woman is seen with a black man. My question for the grammy winning artist, is how do you feel betrayed? In what way does it personally make you feel that way. Would you feel betrayed if the situation was different, if a woman from the african american race was dating a "white" man? Your article is more of a history lesson it only reminds us of how it was, not how it is. Times have changed, and so have people.
I come from a family of many different races. When going to unfamiliar settings with my family, there are always eyes gazing toward our way. I have two sisters whom we all have the same mother, my oldest with a degree in education who is mainly Native American, from african american descent combined with hispanic, and european caucasion. My other sister who is currently enrolled in a very profound university with a planned major of communication. When looking at her features, she is automatically called "black" or "mixed". Although she is from african american decent, and from european caucasiun, she is majority Native American from the Lumbee tribe and is quick to tell you her race. Our mother is Native american from the Cherokee, Chipowa, and Choctaw tribes, with Scott-irish, and german.
when I walk in to a public place with either of my sisters, most people if they had to would assume that there would be no blood relation between us three, I believe that once in my life someone actually asked if we were sisters. Even though I'm Native american, French-Indian, and other european cultures combines, I'm seen by majority of population as a "white girl."
In my family, we don't look at race or "color" of people. We look at who you are, and how you portray yourself. In the "Present" United States of America, we learn about the history of were we come from, and the challenges that brought us here today. We learn in our history books today to appreciate and commerate the people who had to go through hardships in time of confusion, and misunderstanding about the equality of people and to understand and prevent things especially like slavery, and segregation, and racism from ever happening again in the USA. These things have been polluting men's minds since the beggining of time. From the pyramids, Sparta, outcasting and killing Natives in the New World, Slavery and Segregation in America, up to to Hitler's revenge on people of other than a "perfect" race. And because here in a America, it wasn't even fifty years ago, when things were horrible segregated, it is now our generations time to step up, and accept people for who they are, not for what they look like.
The article that I read in the Essence magazine only reminded us of young america, and their leaders mistakes. I believe though that the idea of the article was to tell why women here in America decending from the African-American race feel betrayed when they see a man sharing the same race as them, in a relationship with a woman from another race, the "white" race as it says.
We are in 2010 are any of those leaders in office today, are any of the same cruel laws or harsh treatment still around? No, the Constitution was adapted when people like our former President Abraham Lincoln new that it was it wrong to treat people in such a way. He gave his life for what he believed in. Mr. Lincoln helped make sure like very many others to make possible ever human being, living in the United States have equal rights and that those rights are ensured. Now there are some still out there that have there own opionions and were brought up by their families to judge. But you know there still are people that are raised in a certain way, that they themselves are good at heart. I can't say this for every American, but I can say it for myself. I have nothing but respect for the cruel and diffucult challenges African-Americans went through in the early years of our great nation. However, we are not in those early years anymore. Segregation has finally come to an end. But racism still invades the minds of many, and unfortunatly people have ideas that are shared sometimes just within themselves, and sometimes between themselves and others.
Jill Scott a great music artist and song writer is also the author of the article "The Wince" in the Essence magazinge states how she and other women decending from the african american race feel "betrayed" when a "white" woman is seen with a black man. My question for the grammy winning artist, is how do you feel betrayed? In what way does it personally make you feel that way. Would you feel betrayed if the situation was different, if a woman from the african american race was dating a "white" man? Your article is more of a history lesson it only reminds us of how it was, not how it is. Times have changed, and so have people.