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[quote=Anonymous]Watch Soledad's, "Black in America" tonight on CNN.  The documentary will touch on this issue of "blackness".

Look I'm a multicultural activists.  So, I deal with racial issues on a daily basis.  The list that the poster came up with is a reality and the big elephant in the room that the black community doesn't want to discuss.   Those who are on the receiving in of intra-racism do suffer.    I can understand why some black people isolate themselves from other blacks.  Who wants to be around people who will not accept you for who you are?  However, this form of isolation creates the division that is within our communities.   Read, "Come On People" by Dr. Bill Cosby.  He spoke on the issue about how blacks have allowed ghettoization to  respresent our culture  and we make fun of those who don't perpetuate the ghetto persona.    We are the only group of people who demonize each other for behaving classy.  As if only whites are classy and we must maintain this ghetto thuggish or buffoonery lifestyle.  Why do you think you see so many blacks in the DC area embracing negative stereotypes?  It is because we accept it as "black culture".  A black man like Griffin possesses class and grace, but we pitch a fit and cry, "His a cornball".  It is this type of thought process which makes me say, "Damn, what the heck is wrong with my people?"

If us blacks are not willing to admit that we do mistreat other blacks who don't fall in line with the black community, then you are either being in denial or you're  one of the bullies who bully other blacks that you consider not "black enough" (whatever the Hell that means).  Intra-racism does exist within the black community.  It's actually worst than white supremacy in my book.  Yes, we all know that blacks are not a monolithic group.  However, it doesn't appear that the black community is accepting of the diversity because they want to beat other blacks with the "you're a cornball or you're not black enough" whip.   The Guardians of All Things Black & Lovely will always make sure that every black person will  ascribe to their close-minded views on what and who is black.  Don't sit here and ignore the fact that blacks who don't appeal to their point of views are very much ostracized and demonized within the black community.  I remembered when President Obama first came upon the political scene blacks put his behind  through the "black enough" test.  Even  Jesse Jackson wanted to grab him by his balls.  The hatred was accepted because Jesse Jackson  was considered a "real black man"  he had to put Obama in check.  This is just one example.    You have to walk on egg shells when you're around some black folks because we know that we will loose friends and become demonized.  Some of us have to live in the closet.  I'm not talking about homosexuality.  I'm talking about the racial closet of being black, but not ascribing to the beliefs system of the black community.  Yes, some of us wear masks in order to fit in.   We have to Waltz between mainstream America and still maintain our "street cred" so that the Guardians of All Things Black & Lovely don't turn against us.

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