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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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 activistst.  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.     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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This is such bullshit I can't believe it.  First of all, I consider myself unapologetically black.  I am proud of being black. No one I know thinks that Jesse Jackson speaks for us.  He is such a has been.  What black people do you know who "demonize" each other for having class.  What the hell are you talking about? [b] Almost every black person I know is upper class, but I don't see them as feeling like they are different than the broader community.  Do I pass judgement on some black people, yes.  Do I think that there is absolutely a ghettoization of our culture, yes, I do.  [/b]

Did anyone I know question Obama's blackness, ah NO!  Do I question Clarence Thomas' blackness - no.  Do I think he's an idiot?  Yes.  Do I believe in God - no.  I'm agnostic.  I've never felt like black people have turned their back on me because of it.  I always tell people that AAs are way too religious.

What the litmus test is that one should have an appreciation for what it's like to be black in America.  That might lead you to different conclusions, but don't act like racism no longer exists or that affirmative action helped you, but shouldn't help anyone else (in the case of Clarence Thomas).

Why would you use this forum to express your displeasure?  Ok, they called him a cornball.  So what.  He's a cornball, that doesn't take anything away from him being black.  What's the big deal.  [b]I grew up in Howard County next to a horse club.  I sound like a white girl.[/b]  So what.  That doesn't take anything away from me being black.  I don't care what you call me.  I'm black and proud.  [/quote]

I'm not the first PP-- You grew up next to a "horse club"? I'm trying to follow you but honestly you sound completely inarticulate (sorry, but it's apt here.) I think that you really aren't in the affected class. You probably are light-skinned and have been suitably worshipped by all for your cafe au lait-ness, and consequently have no awareness of the hurt of your darker brethren. And you are committing the unpardonable sin, imo, of not validating a fellow black person's legitimate feeling of rejection and hurt. I sense there's very little chance of getting this point across to you, unfortunately, you completely lack self-awareness. Several people here are refuting your claim that none of this exists.[/quote]

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