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ORIGINAL: rulemylife

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ORIGINAL: DomYngBlk

Discrimination comes in many forms and what you saw in that hospital room was just one example of it. Its a story that is seen throughout all our lives in the community. you are right that many want to be "ghetto" without actually ever having stepped a foot in one. The vast majority of our people have never had one foot in cabrini or watts. But, I'd say everyone in that room knew the facts that there is no 'oreo". There is a society that you have to live and work in that has a set of rules. Whether you like those rules or not is immaterial. Its how the game is played. If you want to succeed you play that game. If not, you won't succeed. The point for our people is that this is the same set of rules for us as any kid from appalachia or one from east la or jersey. You gotta lose the rough edges and put on some shine or you aren't going to make it. Its that part that we lose sight of. Or in other words class envy knows no color. From Puff Daddy to Beyonce to Kobe Bryant that is true. They know that they had to have that shine and have it. I mean spike went to morehouse and graduated nyu......he is a nerd not nobody's dawg....

Will it change?  I don't know I wish it was. I wish Black Folk with lighter skin and darker skin wouldn't look at each other the way they do. All we can do is take care of ourselves and try to make better.

As to hannah? She is a racist that thinks she isn't cause she is lesbian which immunes her from such labels in her mind.....And meant those words in a completely different context.

Let me ask something DYB, don't you think phrases like "our people" promote racism?

I mean you are qualifying things based on race yourself.

People are people.

It's not our people and those other people.