Quote Originally Posted by PSINXS
agree and disagree. nothing wrong with being proud of who you are. As far as racial slurs, THEY HAVE NO PLACE ANYWHERE. no matter what race. BET is utter trash and really has set Blacks back. ALl the BLack this, Asian this is still what we tried to get rid of in the 50s, segregation. We as people segregate ourselves. Not colleges, not the media, we do it to ourselves. Until ppl can move on from the past, and unite together then we will stil have threads like this.

As far as white pride goes and why it is offensive to some, white pride or supremacy has its racial roots. The good ole boys, KKK, rebel flag etc. I had a white man hold up his rebel hat to me and my wife(who is white) on the highway. Yeah, real pride there. So it depends on how you show it.

I wish there wasnt a black history month, but without it i wouldnt have known a lot of the advancement that black people brought on. The traffic light, peanut butter, cosmetics, etc. So instead of a month, how about a year round curriculum of the study of all race history. italians, jews, arabs, chinese, all who had a positive influence on america.

All the so called racial pride is pushing us further away. UNtil we start focusing on getting along with others no matter what, we will get nowhere. Sad to say it will never happen. Everything is going to be unfair to some race one way or another.

I love all people and give everyone the benefit of the doubt no matter what background. I have redneck friends, asians, pakistinian, etc. Stop looking at the outside and get to know someone before you judge them.

I am black with a mohawk. When i dont have a hat on, i get judged. I wear a hat and i am okay. Before you cast a stone, learn who you are throwing it at.
i dont agree with this at all. it is all percieved. there isnt anything that easier for a white man than a black man solely because he is white or black. everyone has the same opportunity to do the same things.people may just need to, oh my god, WORK HARDER, to achieve them. just because you are black, white, asian, whatever and born in the hood, or podunk town, or a damn rice patty doesnt mean you cannot become successful.

hell, if you are born in this country you have no excuse to be poor. you are just lazy, or dont have the drive to do well. thats not anyones fault but your own.

the damn mexicans come from another country, and work their asses off to make a living. some of them are loaded and driving 08 escalades. they wanted to better themselves and they went out and did it.

if you are home living off welfare with 8 kids thinking someone owes you something because you are a certain color, you dont deserve a goddamn thing.

if you think the color of your skin is keeping you from becoming successful then you are a waste of life. you deserve and asked for whatever life throws in your face.

race has nothing to do with it. it is just something to hide your own failures behind and it has become an acceptable scapegoat in todays society. ANOTHER excuse to allow people to fail