Originally Posted by Nash

Being black means that it has been harder for blacks to get ahead than whites however it looks like its starting to change. Now if your white and do not agree with this then that is understandable. It is this misunderstanding of what white rule over blacks has accomplished, whites are much further ahead than blacks slavery was the start, jim crows segregation was the middle and weve only had 38 years without legal segregation. So with studing the history of blacks how can you honestly say that blacks today have not suffered from the effects of slavery and segregation??



No not because of the color of your skin because America my country and yours has a past that it never once said sorry for, Black america has suffered much because of slavery and segregation. If your grandmother is a Jew and went threw that then the whole world mourns that period, tell me who mourns the Blacks that went to those camps?? 100,000s of blacks died in those camps and not a word is spoken of them when those camps are talked about. And if you think that your grandmas history has nothing to do or doese't effect your present day life then you my friend are blind!!



your past decieds your future,your future is based on your past,Im living in the present not the past and being in the present im on middle ground I can look towards my future and i can look towards my past. My past has impacted my present and has stiffled my future, only by rectifing my past in the present can i move forward with a better future!




No my idenity is black first so donot try and strip that away. Thats why when refering to blacks we are called AFRICAN AMERICANs firist. So to lose my idenity is losing who i am ill be an american without a history is this what you want?