It's mighty white of you to "teach" all those dark skinned people people denigrating things about others with their skin tone. Is this a hobby with you?
-------------------------------------------------- From: "Chris Tsao" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, August 25, 2008 5:31 AM To: "AlexBennettProgram" <[email protected]> Subject: Here are some other reasons a lot of black people can do without Alex and Lynn critiquing Barack Obama > > A lot of black people don’t like non-blacks teaching other non-blacks > AND blacks about any particular individual member of their race, and > for different reasons. For example, if I were to teach a black person > who’s like this something unflattering about … say, Sammy Davis Jr., > he/she very well might think that I think that I’m teaching this > person about him- or herself and their race as a whole, and not the > one single person I’m referring to. One reason some blacks can do > without me telling it to a non-black is because for all they know, I > would be denigrating their race; either lending credence or straight- > up confirming any suspicions or definite beliefs the non-black already > might have about the black race. > > Right below are some bullet points I copied and pasted from something > else I wrote: > > > Given certain situations, they think of Black and White as two > different teams in a bunch of contests to not merely just beat the > other side, but to win big; and it’s not something along the lines of > a little basketball game in a middle school gym class (the Shirts vs. > the Skins lol)--the two teams have a heated longstanding Yankees-vs.- > Red Sox/Michigan-vs.-Ohio-State type of rivalry going here) > > Some black people try to prevent other black people from being taught > even one single semi-unflattering thing about particular black > individuals they barely know and never met or even saw before and thus > they wouldn’t give a flying leap if he or she gets run over by a Mack > truck when it’s a white person who’s professing it > > Because black people feel like the minority they are, they think that > if you say something bad about any one of them, that you’re accusing > their whole race (or close to it) of whatever it is your saying > > They’re outnumbered, so they sort of like think of each other as > distant relatives, and blood is thicker than water. They also think of > each other as tribal and clan members. > > As a minority, they feel under-represented. In their minds, there’s > not enough accomplished and affluent ones that it takes to represent, > nor are there enough of them to go around, so they don’t know how if > you’re not black, you have met tons of them in your life and you see > that they don’t say or do any more stupid things than everybody else > does on average > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "AlexBennettProgram" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/alexbennettprogram?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
