Looking back... Wrote:
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> When I was in college in the early '80's, there
> was a campus group called The Black Student
> Alliance. They receive funds from student fees.
> Someone wrote a letter to the school newspaper
> questioning why a group who discriminated against
> whites got funding from all student fees. I
> agreed, and I was wrong. I looked at the situation
> and concluded Black's need to be incorporated into
> existing society, not separate themselves.
>
> What I didn't realize was minority groups should
> have the right to assemble, work with each other,
> celebrate, and gain from their diversity. I was
> looking at Blacks needing to be more like Whites,
> not Black's need to use their diversity so to help
> all people. The BSA wasn't discriminating against
> whites, they were helping shape society where
> Black's are accepted, positively, for being Black,
> not Black's being judged on how well they fit into
> White society.
>
> The Blackface situation is two pronged. Puting on
> makeup to look like Michael Jackson was wrong. But
> at the time ignorant, but not discriminatory. He
> was celebrating Michael Jackson, all be it, in an
> insensitive and wrong manner.
>
> Dressing as a Confederate, KKK member, and/or
> posing with the Confederate flag is hatefull and
> racist. There is no excuse.
>
> In the last forty years, Black's in this country
> have changed society for the better by being
> Black, and being damn good at sports,
> entertainment, debate, governing, and business
> (order is by overall public exposure,IMO), They
> didn't get this far by just molding themselves
> into White society. They found clever ways to
> bring Black culture to and beyond mainstream,
> benefitting everyone, not just Black's.
>
> More White kids today listen to rap music than
> rock music. Sports are dominated by Blacks who
> have changed the game and made it more competitive
> and financially profitable. Many Black
> legislators and Mayors caused the nation's cities
> to be more vibrant and desireable over the
> suburbs. People like Eddie Murphy, Dave
> Chappelle, Eugene Robinson, Colten Malloy, Maya
> Angelou, and Richard Pryor, changed the rules
> for debate in their own way, allowing more people
> to participate in the debate.
>
> All good things for everybody. Black's didn't
> need to be more like Whites, Blacks succeeded in a
> big part by bringing others to them.
>
> It turns out, The Black Student Alliance was a
> positive force for all in their endgame.
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