Dear Mr. Timberlake,
I hope you are doing well today. I'm sorry you were misunderstood and taken out of context. I was reflecting on your tweet and you are correct, we are the same. I value your opinion for a couple of reasons. According to the bible GOD speaks about racism several times. GOD does not like racism whatsoever. On those occasions, GOD says that there is only one race......the human race. So you, Mr. Timberlake are correct, we are the same. The more we educate ourselves and read, the more we will realize this fact. The second reason why I value your opinion is because several people in the United States who are white are not as white as they think they are. Some white people have Sub Saharan African (Black), South African, Asian, Mexican, Native American, Spanish, Central American, etc. And some African Americans are not as Black as they think they are. Some African Americans have Eurpoean (English, Spanish, Portuguese, Scottish, French, Irish, Danish, Scandinavian, Finnish), Mexican, Asian, Native American, South American, Central American, etc. So all of us on the earth are not so different. I don't know where or how the ridiculous theory of superior and inferior started, but no one is better than anyone on this earth. Racism is a mental illness that plagues the minds and souls of the uneducated. Those two reasons are why racism needs to be discussed. Not enough people are educated on the deeper level of DNA and race. So when people say the statement, "we are the same", there is truth and logic to that. Our DNA speaks the truth. The more we discover who we really are underneath, the more we can learn to love others in this world.
Monday, June 27, 2016
Monday, June 6, 2016
Open Letter to Snoop Dogg About ROOTS Miniseries
Dear Snoop Dogg,
I hope you are doing well today. There is a saying, "People who don't know history is doomed to repeat it". Today there are more and more people in this country that may have forgotten history that happened in the United States. To some people, the past is so brutal, so hurtful and so painful that some African Americans today want to forget what happened because it too sad. The truth is the history that happened in the past in the United States is hard to forget, the fact of not being treated with dignity and respect, the fact of not being considered equal or a human being, the fact of all the hurtful myths that spread from ear to ear around the United States (especially the Southern States), simply because of the fact that we as African Americans were in the past considered to be different and inferior. These things hurt us psychologically. In the past, African Americans were being exploited over and over again. In the past African Americans were considered to be like cattle. We in the past were considered to be property. We were considered to be ruthless sexual beings, wanted pleasure constantly and having certain large body parts. We weren't even called African Americans, we were called niggers. We were considered to be ignorant, having no memory at all (and they wanted to keep us ignorant, that is why black slaves weren't allowed to read in the past) and having no sense of feelings. We were also considered to be cannibals. We were considered to be violent. It took a long time for black people to earn the status African American. Today, this day and age, there are several young people who are unknowing promoting the lies that were said by slave owners from the past because they don't know or understand what happened in United States history. It hurts me to say the following things that I'm about to say. There are some African Americans who think it's cool to be ignorant and have no education. There are some African Americans today who think it is ok to use a gun when they feel defeated or when something doesn't go their way. Violence among African Americans are at an alarming rate. There are African American women who are wearing revealing clothing and doing scandalous dancing such as twerking and think it's ok. Also some African American women are getting breast and butt implants to make their body parts bigger and to get attention. Some African Americans are calling each other derogatory words such as nigger, bitch, wench and the same words that slave owners from the past used to degrade us. There are some African American men who sleep around and get women pregnant and either leave and/or won't take care of the children financially. There are also some African American men who hit and slap their significant others and think nothing of it. There are some African American parents who don't teach their children the importance of education.There are so many things messed up within the African American Community. And we as African Americans are still struggling to make ends meet just like in the past. If we as African Americans who exists today don't get an education, life for us will be pure hell. If we as African Americans to pay attention to what is going on today, we can easily lose the things that is considered part of our equal rights. So you see, it is important for all us to keep on educating ourselves, even though the period of slavery is involved. The struggle among African Americans still exists despite what some people say. For decades, African Americans were and still considered unequal to some people. Education and learning are never ending cycles in life. So if people want to make more historical movies involving slavery, so be it. We as a people have to be kept informed about the past in order to make USA and the rest of world better.
I hope you are doing well today. There is a saying, "People who don't know history is doomed to repeat it". Today there are more and more people in this country that may have forgotten history that happened in the United States. To some people, the past is so brutal, so hurtful and so painful that some African Americans today want to forget what happened because it too sad. The truth is the history that happened in the past in the United States is hard to forget, the fact of not being treated with dignity and respect, the fact of not being considered equal or a human being, the fact of all the hurtful myths that spread from ear to ear around the United States (especially the Southern States), simply because of the fact that we as African Americans were in the past considered to be different and inferior. These things hurt us psychologically. In the past, African Americans were being exploited over and over again. In the past African Americans were considered to be like cattle. We in the past were considered to be property. We were considered to be ruthless sexual beings, wanted pleasure constantly and having certain large body parts. We weren't even called African Americans, we were called niggers. We were considered to be ignorant, having no memory at all (and they wanted to keep us ignorant, that is why black slaves weren't allowed to read in the past) and having no sense of feelings. We were also considered to be cannibals. We were considered to be violent. It took a long time for black people to earn the status African American. Today, this day and age, there are several young people who are unknowing promoting the lies that were said by slave owners from the past because they don't know or understand what happened in United States history. It hurts me to say the following things that I'm about to say. There are some African Americans who think it's cool to be ignorant and have no education. There are some African Americans today who think it is ok to use a gun when they feel defeated or when something doesn't go their way. Violence among African Americans are at an alarming rate. There are African American women who are wearing revealing clothing and doing scandalous dancing such as twerking and think it's ok. Also some African American women are getting breast and butt implants to make their body parts bigger and to get attention. Some African Americans are calling each other derogatory words such as nigger, bitch, wench and the same words that slave owners from the past used to degrade us. There are some African American men who sleep around and get women pregnant and either leave and/or won't take care of the children financially. There are also some African American men who hit and slap their significant others and think nothing of it. There are some African American parents who don't teach their children the importance of education.There are so many things messed up within the African American Community. And we as African Americans are still struggling to make ends meet just like in the past. If we as African Americans who exists today don't get an education, life for us will be pure hell. If we as African Americans to pay attention to what is going on today, we can easily lose the things that is considered part of our equal rights. So you see, it is important for all us to keep on educating ourselves, even though the period of slavery is involved. The struggle among African Americans still exists despite what some people say. For decades, African Americans were and still considered unequal to some people. Education and learning are never ending cycles in life. So if people want to make more historical movies involving slavery, so be it. We as a people have to be kept informed about the past in order to make USA and the rest of world better.
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