Today sucked so far beyond belief. What is boils down to is this: If you dont fucking like me, dont be friends with me, because I dont care. Basically
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considering the fact that i am a flaming liberal, of course i had to comment.
yes, slavery is over, and most black people do not experience obvious racism on a day-to-day basis. BUT their parents did. it is hard for us to grasp this, because yes our generation is basically color blind. but look around our school. the reason there are no black kids there is because many minorities cant afford to live here. yes, it may be easier to get into college if you are a minority now, but not too long ago it made it almost impossible. so i guess im just saying, all we see are the minority kids who cheat the system...the well off ones. the ones that AA help are the ones who were actually deprived because of their race. so i guess im just saying, look outside of east cobb. some kids really did get gipped in the educational spectrum because of america's past fuck ups. sooo..that might not change anyones mind about the issue, but this is something that bothers me. SO THERE!
Re: well.sklutmonsterFebruary 7 2004, 08:16:36 UTC
i think the famine was a bit of a different situation. and just because slavery ended, racism didnt. did you know that on the whole black people get paid less to do the same jobs as white people? and black people get convicted to longer sentences for the same crimes? just because you live in a world where you dont see that doesnt mean it isnt true.
yes, slavery is over, and most black people do not experience obvious racism on a day-to-day basis. BUT their parents did. it is hard for us to grasp this, because yes our generation is basically color blind. but look around our school. the reason there are no black kids there is because many minorities cant afford to live here. yes, it may be easier to get into college if you are a minority now, but not too long ago it made it almost impossible. so i guess im just saying, all we see are the minority kids who cheat the system...the well off ones. the ones that AA help are the ones who were actually deprived because of their race. so i guess im just saying, look outside of east cobb. some kids really did get gipped in the educational spectrum because of america's past fuck ups. sooo..that might not change anyones mind about the issue, but this is something that bothers me. SO THERE!
ps- kk, iheartyou.
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