"black people"_seanpoeFebruary 16 2004, 19:02:32 UTC
i know what you mean elyse. i took african american history last semester, and there were times when i wanted to cry because i felt so bad for them. i'm like the most non racist person ever. i freaking love black people. mexican's are awesome too. i see them everyday. i work with them. people always go by first appearance. "don't judge a book by its cover" ever heard that? well everyone does it anyways. if you actually take the time to get to know some one, you'll see they are actually good people. now don't get me wrong, there are you fair share of bad people, but its not signled out to one race. everyrace has its bad people, especially caucasion. so if you meet one "bad person" don't judge the whole race on that one impression. today playing basketball, it was me, paul, brad, anthony, luis and steve. and 4 black kids showed up with 3 white kids, and everyone was like "woooah, lets leave" im like "no fuck that, lets play them" if i were racist in anyway, i would've ran off the court at first sight of them saying "i don't want to have to share the court with them" but i have no problem. that wasn't a really good example, but you get the picture. don't go by first impressions. there's not much we can do as kids to prevent this, cuz it goes on EVERYWHERE everyday. people see one black kid walking down the street and automatically think he has a gun or he's going to steal something. when really, he's going to buy grocceries for his parents. i don't know.. it makes me really sad/mad when i see stuff like that happening. cuz i want to do soemthing about it SO bad, but i know theres nothing i can do to make a BIG difference, but i can make a small difference by talking to them and getting to know them. sorry for the post being so long:-/
Re: "black people"x_amourFebruary 16 2004, 19:10:23 UTC
First off, you shouldn't be apologizing for the post being long, haha. I'm really glad you guys actually take the time to read what I have to say. I know most people are just looking for pictures or something when they go to my page. "now don't get me wrong, there are you fair share of bad people, but its not signled out to one race." EXACTLY. That is what I am trying to say because I have heard numerous people that I am friends with say that black people are a certain way when in reality it's not just them, it's every single individual. I know exactly what you mean when you say just because you meet one "bad person" you cant judge all the same people just by that one time. I know I have most likely done that at times and I also know i'm certainly not the only one. But there have been numerous times when I have learned from doing things like that. I am friends with a lot of people I never thought I would be friends with because of first impressions. You just learn from stuff like that and i'm glad i've done so early in life because I can't imagine being that way later on. I also know what you mean when you say you want to do something about it because I do to. The only way you can really do anything is to just be a good person yourself sometimes people learn from their friends actions but there is no way we can ever make everyone see it our way.
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