WHAT? you have to be kidding me.
proud to be black .... hmmm, lets see... do BLACKS come from only ONE country? NOPE. im proud to be CONGONIAN. im proud to be CHADIAN. wrong. sorry. that just doesnt float mary jo, it just doesnt. and yes, im proud as FUCK to be WHITE. just like anyone else is PROUD TO BE BLACK. On 4/11/07, Mary Jo Sminkey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >i hate him because if i stood up and said, > > > >"MAN, im so f***ing proud to be white, lets all celebrate my WHITENESS" > > > >i would be a racist. > > Just had to reply to this, because it is just SOOO wrong. The reason it is > different to say this is that being black has a cultural, racial identity > with it. It's not just about skin color. Just saying you are white is not a > cultural identity. If however, you said I'm Irish, and proud of it, no one > would object. Nor would they object if you were proud to be Hispanic....or > for that matter, proud to be an American. But saying you are proud to be > white is saying you are proud of your skin color at the exclusion of all > else...and THAT indeed is racist. > > This is also why there is some objection in the African-American community to > Obama. He may be black in terms of skin color, but he does not share the same > cultural identity that blacks borne in this country do. > > --- Mary Jo > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJQ Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:232294 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
