Do You Want To Know Why We're Proud To Be Black?

You are absolutely right. Following the OJ verdict - people automatically assumed all blacks felt that OJ had been a victim of the system.

And in this recent debate regarding rap lyrics - the media is ONLY focusing on the artist versus the record companies & executives that put the music out. We as a black community are forced to pick sides. Or defend rap - as if it's single-handedly responsible for all of the violence in the world, the introduction of the drug trade or promiscuity.

Yet you don't see that when Ozzie bites a head off of a bat. Or when Paris, Lindsey & Britney expose their bare 'woman parts' to the world. All white women aren't made to feel ashamed, just because a few white women get drunk & lose control.

So like you said - inspite of all of the adversity & the oppresive mentality, I am VERY proud of who I am. And that's a strong, black, confident woman.. :D

I am Black, proud, educated, have a beautiful head of silky curls that has no chemicals in it, have no children out of wedlock, make a good income, am confident and enjoy life and being good to others. My friends of all races and ethnicities are very proud of me as well. I feel it is perfectly okay to play dress up. If I get a notion to wear tons of sewn in hair, purple contacts, a huge hat with feathers and a saloon girl dress, I will still be a proud Black Woman. I think you are delusional, perhaps you do not have a culture, but I do, as do my friends. I am not separated or suppressed by anyone, except perhaps the IRS at tax time. Based on your attitude, I would say you are just tired, period. Obviously you slept through Black American History. By the way the guy without the shirt...if all the men on the earth were like you, none of us would have children....ever!

Not particularly.

Your question is directed at all of us. And I don't care what 'color' you or anybody else is.

I recognize one race and it is called the 'human race'.

Be proud to be human, be proud to lift someone else up.

Just to add fuel to the fire, I am not impressed with 'Cultural Pride', either. We live on a relatively small world and are only an arms reach away (metaphorically speaking) of many people from different backgrounds, and cultures. We can no longer afford to be insular. We are in fact brothers (we all have the same ancestor).

Can't we all just get along, without someone trying to be better the someone else? So sad.

well maybe not,or maybe you did. I guess we will never know. But one thing I know for sure is that just because you were treated a certain way does not mean it's OK for you to do it. you have to make a conscious effort to be better then that. If we tell every one in America that if they were molested as a child that it is OK for them to do it, It would never end the cycle would it. And if you give people an excuse to fail or quit. that's exactly what they will do. we have had these conversation before. You have gotten mad because i make to much sense for you and your racist views. You think because I'm half white that I'm sticking up for the white man.yes my real mom is white. my step mom is black and my half sister is half black. I'm not sticking up for white people, It scares me to think that a racist like you would poison the mind off any child with your it's not our fault garbage. Your cutting the legs out from under them. I work very hard at the community center to promote a healing between the races,because it can happen. My family gets along great. I teach personal accountability. You are to intelligent to not see that there is bigger problems in your community. I speak with my step mom, she tells me of the concerns. but you keep fighting for what ever you want. because that's much more important then the betterment of your people. do you want to be right? or make a brighter future?

Its very nice to see a question or a statement like this one I think some black people feel ashamed of their race because of the racism and media because of what they think its the perfect standard of beauty and all of them has to do with white people and it is wrong! black people is very beautiful not only physically but spiritually too and they are more intelligent and have better feelings because they are more passionate in everything they do.

I know some black people try to act like white people you know they dye their hair, strighten their hair, etc. and it is great if they do it just because they want to look like that but if they do all of that because they feel ashamed by their own race and their own features that make them black then it is absolutely wrong!.

Black people is beautiful and also they are absolutely capable to do amazing things. Probably (at least in America) slavery its over but black people has to keep fighting to get more rights, get recognized by their work and the great things they have contributed to the world but they have one fight that is more important than the rest, the fight against get ashamed by themselves, they have not reason to be ashamed.

If I were black I would be proud of be black, I know deep in my heart that my soul is black.

Personally, I do not care one way or the other. I spent 21 years in the Navy and what is important in this life is how you perform, which has absolutely NOTHING to do with anything else. I respect people for their skill and ability at living life and I have no sympathy for whiners. Color, nationality, past oppression, all of that stuff is irrelevant to me. I simply do NOT care. What I want to know is why it is OK for you to put a bumper sticker on your car which says "Black and proud of it" and I am thought a racist if I put a bumper sticker on my car which says "White and proud of it"... I am really tired of all the double standards people display, when it is OK for you to do something and it is not OK for me to do exactly the same. THAT is what is racist around here.

in addition to your points Native Atlantean, i am proud of myself and who I am I just happen to be black and fine with that. I'd like to think I'm aware of black history and how no one talks about those positives.

(as an aside barely to do with your post, i like who people hated on our lips, skin and entire bodies but want butts like Jennifer Lopez, lips like Angelina Jolie and want to get tans and stuff)

THank you. It actually makes sense now. People attacked my questions yet failed to actually answer what they are proud of about by being black. However, you should remember that with the possitives of your race come the negative. You can't take credit for one while ignoring the other. It is a double-edged sword when you claim to be proud of a race.

Jewish people are proud to be Jewish despite the Holocaust and they don't get reprimanded for it like Blacks. I never understood that...Everyone should be proud of their heritage and no one should be made to feel guilty for being proud of where they come from.

I agree with you. And seetheworld you are a troll so I gave you a thumbs down.