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Hi all......I know I won't last long on this site as most sites censor freedom of thought and speech and simply say....well it's my site and I can do what I want......nyah. Unfortunately this same closed minded attitude is the very thing we accuse others of being when it comes to dealing with blacks. While we all seem to be happy going about our business of making asses of ourselves and showing America that we really are the problem there are many of us who are fed up with the defence of color for the sake of unity. I don't want to be associated with the stereotype of the average 25 year old black male in society but through no fault of my own I am excluded from mainstream society because of my color. The overall appearance blacks give to the rest of the world taints us all and the unelected black representatives who have the most money and power put themselves into the faces of the very people who do not want to have anything to do with us. I feel the anger and resentment and I resent it and I am angry about that, not about something that happened 20o years ago. Oh yes, here is where I get dumped but please everyone, why do we have to continue on this slippery slope to oblivion just because of things in the past. You can't expect people to respect us when you keep waving the race card their face and they back off or pulling out the race crutch everytime someone like Michael Jackson decides he wants a small boy or Kobe Bryant can't keep it in his pants. Everyone sees us all like that. They see us as sexually promiscuous....they see us as the face of crime and worst of all they still see us as Africans and not true Americans. I was born and raised here in California but people still refer to me as African American. I have never been to Africa and I wprobably never will because I do not embrace the savagery and lawlessness on that continent as part of my heritage. My heritage was growing up in a small town and having best buddies and playing ball all Saturday during the summer. It was a place of love and caring and not of anger and hate. Blacks cling to the social aspect of tribalism just because they feel they are being singled out by everyone. Yes, if the police pull over 200 black men and 50 have guns then I expect them to fear all black men they pull over and use caution because they have families as well to go home to. Yes I want the police to treat everyone with respect and dignity but when black people treat police like pariahs and present themselves as ganstas and thugs then yes, I can see their fear of us.
What happened? Why can't we practice what we demand? Why must we continually expect what we don't deserve. I have a lot ot white and asian friends and work with lots of good people but still that barrier is still there. We go to company affairs and the blacks isolate themselves off in the corner and b**ch about the lousy food and bad music instead of realizing that the world does not owe us anything, in fact we owe the world a great deal and we should start the payback now. Goodbye to the Jesse Jacksons and all their words and illegitimate babies and goodbye to all the O.J. Simpsons and their cavalier way of life and goodbye to all the disrespect we show each other for the sake of a pair of bloody running shoes. You want my Runners? You can have them just put down the guns and the attitudes and let's get building together and no.....rap, gangsta, drugs, rape, sport sex,guns, basketball and all the other stereotyping are not part of who I am. I am a family guy who wants what is best for my family but I know I will lose the war for their minds when the punks and thugsters get a hold of them and then I will lose them because I do not have anything to offer them that looks better.
I hope this message stays long enough for at least a few people to read and maybe they will agree and pass it forward. Maybe it's time we took back who we are as a people and joined the rest of America in making this a better place to be. Thank you for your time.

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godsgift wrote: I have never been to Africa and I wprobably never will because I do not embrace the savagery and lawlessness on that continent as part of my heritage.

OH.......MY.......GOD

Wow that comment doesn't sit well with me. That's going to stir up some sh**. blkboxing
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Post imported post - 20-06-05, 08:23 PM

Ever notice how some people make controversy their very first Post, i.e, dissing Africans? Troll from the time he/she entered the door!

My bad @ All:

I wrote my first response so quickly that I didn't read the typos. Pls forgive!



Say it LOUD! "I\'M BLACK and I\'M PROUD!"
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LOL@ white people loggin on as black people


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Post imported post - 20-06-05, 08:25 PM

Are you talking to me Masai or the author of this post?
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Post imported post - 20-06-05, 08:26 PM

You!


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Hopefully this B.S. will get deleted soon.
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Oh sorry. Don't yell.

Yes I do.
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Post imported post - 20-06-05, 08:29 PM

my bad, didn't mean to yell.


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Post imported post - 20-06-05, 08:51 PM

Masai05 wrote:
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Ever notice how some people make controversy their very first post?
It was clearly meant to stir up trouble, and, more than likely, the original author is not even African/Black. I don't believe we should be in the business of welcoming trolls with open arms, we should ignore them or destroy them.


\'I believe the time came, that your mind changed; do you understand? Life is like a chess move: you need to make your next move your best move.\' T.I.
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Post imported post - 20-06-05, 08:56 PM

@ all:

My bad, I wrote it so quick that I didn't reflect on it before I posted it.

I meant, " Ever notice how people make controversial issues their very first Post on here. My Bad to all that took me as defending this nonsense Post!



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Post imported post - 20-06-05, 08:58 PM

Black BrainChild:

My bad, I wasn't taking a shot at you, I meant how people make their very first post about something controversial, i.e this person dissing Africa. My bad if we had any misunderstandings. I'm going to edit my first reply.


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