Sunday, March 13, 2011
What Does It Mean To Be Black In America????
Back in 2008, CNN ran a special entitled Black in America, with subsections focusing on The Black Woman and Family, The Black Man, and the King Assassination. So, I pose this question if you are Black of course: What does it mean to be Black in America to you? Some of the topics dealt with AIDS affecting Black women, why so many Black women aren't married, ex-convicts trying to find a way after prison, the education of Black children, racism, the assassination of MLK, and others.
So, does being Black and living in America mean that you will be subjected to some form of racism or discrimination; more than likely. Does it mean that you have a high risk of going to jail; probably. As a Black woman does it mean that the probability of you finding a spouse is extremely low; statistics point to this. Does it mean that a Black child is at risk of not getting a good education and becoming a victim of the system; sure. Does it mean that AIDS is a Black disease in America now; studies show. So, with all of this dialogue, solutions are still very slow to come to fruition. The prison industrial complex is still at its highest which, adversely affects the statistics of Black women getting married. Racism and discrimination pushed its way back into the forefront with the 2008 election. Funding for inner-city and higher education is still diminishing. And what may be the worst of all, funding for the AIDS epidemic in Africa is continuously increasing, yet domestically it seems null and void. As the story pointed out, to be Black in America is still discouraging. So, how de we make being Black in America encouraging?
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The only solution is exactly what you seek to explain on this blog, seeing with your brain, not your eyes. Turn off the bullshit negative stereotyped TV, white folks aren’t the ones watching, ensuring that it continues to be broadcast day in and day out, we are. Once you do that, its about putting yourself out there to experience more than what just YOUR community has to offer. Since the education “system” is lacking, visit another neighborhood, park, town, city, street! Experience how others view life, and incorporate it into your own. It’s only then that you can evaluate what means most to you, and choose to make positive changes; that goes for anyone, not just blacks in America. Only then will you feel better and surer of yourself, and bring that positivity back to your community.
ReplyDeleteI find that a number of black women are single cause they wanna talk about what a nigga does and (more often than not) doesn’t not have. Well what about you? What do you really bring to the table, and who are you to judge anybody? The only person you know anything about is yourself, and until you are happy and comfortable in whom you are, how do you expect to take on a productive relationship? (However, even with that, there still is the direct correlation with the number of available black men due to everything that you mentioned). Again, this goes back to black people finding comfort in perpetrating every stereotype out there because that’s all they know. American media dictates America. I say, broadening your horizons is the only way to make being black in America encouraging, lead by example, and future generations will follow, they always do. Darwinism extends beyond the physical.
I think this is one of your best posts yet, something blacks in America question every day, especially since the 2008 election.
Thanks for your comment, you made some valid points. We need to do better in our communities and within the family structure first and fore most. Then we can begin to work on other aspects that negatively affect Black people...
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