africans

what it means to be african and names for people of african descent in different regions has been a popular topic among many scholars and community activist for a long time. Kwame Ture, Gerald Early,and Shelby Steele are some just to name a few who have written of these and similar topics. So what can one howard university freshman say about any of the topics? well first and foremost i can tell you that refering to people of the same descent by different titles is not only ridiculus, but done to create difference. why some may ask well that is the easy question to answer. to put it simply because it is human nature to fear what is different to fear the unknown. and because europeans knew that people feared the unknown they created different names for people of color in different regions. In the carribean alone their exist jamaicans, dominicans, kitticians, and virgin islandese are some of many names given to africans in the carribean. what we all have to remember though is we are all africans. africans. africans. like kwame ture said in his work pan-africanism

race relations since Obama became president

has racism really changed since Obama became president? many people believe that because we have a black president, that racism will just have magically disappeared. Some say that a black person is the perfect person to stop racism in america. well consider this if racism was a big problem under a white president wouldnt it just be worst now that their is a black president in office. seems to me that now even more then ever racist organizations would fight to try to maintain power because they would feel that the president `s only purpose is to root them out and get rid of them. I believe that oraganizations like the kkk would try even harder to recruit new members not just the average man but men in positions of power, men who can help them when they become very active. one thing everyone should know is that racism will never die and it is something we have to fight hard and live with because as long as their is one who believes in supremecy their will always be those who are willing to follow not because they agree but because everyone in this world needs to belong, everyone needs something bigger then them to live for even if that something is wrong

light vs dark

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why is it that it may seem like lighter blacks are treated better than darker ones? this problem dates back to a time of slavery when the light black would usually be a house slave and the dark one a field negro. this fued between light and dark blacks started because the house slaves taught themselves to be better then the field slaves because they were treated better then they were. like in my previous blog where i compared slaves to people of today it is also likely that the lighter black today would be the one I compared to the house negro in the post before. they are treated better so they are more likely to get the better job. the field negro worked hard long hours like the darker less fortunate blacks of today. why is it it so you ask? simply because the state of america today and its racism and colorism