Oct 28 2008
Racism: Brown vs. Black
Why does racism still exist? The biggest puzzle is how the top two discriminated races are against one another instead of united. For Latino and African Americans to both know how it feels to be judged by society you’d assume we would have each other’s backs. But instead we show that we are the very reason racism still exists. I scratch my head at the irony of it all. Black and brown have similar walks of life. Majority of us grew up struggling trying to keep out of trouble, financially unstable, doing our best NOT to become another statistic, looked down upon by society, assumed to be Americas next criminal. But yet we are the first to walk on one another, turn your back and harm each other. If we were a united front we would have less chaos and less death and crime rates. Is it because we are stubborn? We refuse to give into change? What is it?
Here we stand in the ”United” States of America fighting for equal rights and change but we are the first to admit we won’t change! How can racism end if we are racist against one another? It won’t as long as we continue to be hard headed and stubborn. Between the two races, we can make such a dramatic difference amongst our peers if we turned the tables. For people experiencing the same types of hardships, you’d think we would stand by one another rather than against each other.
Just a thought…
Michelle Joy Phelps*
Boy are you confused, first we have hatred from whites, now we must endure the brown horde killing our young men, setting our women on fire etc.
Blacks in america should stop looking for other races to respect us.
Before they come here they are told that we are at the bottom of the ladder, so they come,all races and treat blacks like shit regardless of class.
I DO NOT WANT OR NEED SOME SOUTH OF THE BORDER HOMICIDAL RACIST ON MY TEAM.
AND YOU ARE WRONG FOR SUGGESTING UNITY WITH PEOPLE WHO CONDONE BY THEIR SILENCE WHAT THEIR CHILDREN AND FATHERS DO IN OUR COMMUNITIES.
YOU ARE NAIVE.
Wake up, stop patronizing business that hire these animals, fire your gardener/housekeeper/baby sitter, and take a stand.
Also tell your latino friends when they protest the killings of our children by their out of control racist gangs then more blacks will support their cause.