Have you not read anything [ else ] that I have written?????
I was using the story to make a point.
I just love it when people write a post full of stuff that I actually agree with and try to make it sound like I have actually said the opposite.
You need to understand that I am talking about --
individuals - and -
groups -- 'separately' while also 'comparatively'.
If you haven't figured out by now that
I do not have any prejudice
against any individual for something ( like skin color ) that they themselves
cannot change --- well, I guess you need new reading glasses...?
I stated before that I was curious about other countries, as compared to the U.S.A.
As far as I can tell -- a black man [ who has grown up ] in Britian is just as "British" as anyone else in Britian -- talks the same, thinks the same, acts the same, etc. ( as far as I know - you tell me... )
What kind of "race relations" exist between white folks and black folks in Britain? ( as compared to the U.S.A. or other countries )
What seems to define and drive the things that 'make' those differences the most?
'culture'
It is true that "all sides" have
contributed to it -- no 'group' is totally without guilt in this issue ---- but, if you think that the "majority factor" of what 'drives' and 'sustains' it -- is "white people created it and forced it ( and continue to force it ) on the poor helpless black people" --
you are so incredibly far from the truth...
It is
very highly likely that -
never in history have black people been in such a position to "excel" in "all that life has to offier"...
The only exception to this -
"what is against them" - is twofold:
~ ( read post #22 )
~ Black people - as a
group ( I am
not talking about
individuals here ) - seem to - would rather - spend all of their energy coming up with ways to "persuade" [ everyone else ] to 'support' them, their lives, and their culture - ( while trying to "cram their culture down everyone's throat" ) - than to simply "work hard to live free and get along" with everyone else in the country -
like everyone else in the country. ( Of course, I am saying this with a specific and particular regard to the U.S.A. )
I am not saying that black people have never been mistreated. But then, so have Asian people, Hispanic people, Jewish people --- oh, and White people, too.
I am not saying that there is no "white" prejudice against black people in the U.S.A. However, most white people in the U.S.A. are ignorant of the truth of what I wrote in post #22. And, the knowledge that a "third party" is deliberately trying to keep [ the two groups ] "at each other's throats" ( as it were ) -
for their own benefit - of making 'slaves' of both of the two groups -- should be enough to get a lot of people ( especially Christians ) to at least reconsider their view of / on "what is really going on here"...
Black people - as a
group - are 'fighting" the wrong people - and, trying to "win" a 'battle' / 'war'
that they can never win -- especially, if / since they don't really understand who their 'real' enemy is.
When black people ( or, any group of people ) "fight prejudice with prejudice", they are only
ensuring detriment to themselves - and everyone else...
Again -- what is at the 'center' of the "issue" - is...
'culture'
How different is the culture of Britain as compared to that of the U.S.A.?
How different is the culture of Germany as compared to that of the U.S.A.?
How much do
all people in Britain "adhere" to [ the same "historical"
'country'-based ] 'British' culture?
How much do
all people in Germany "adhere" to [ the same "historical"
'country'-based ] 'German' culture?
How much do
all people in the U.S.A. "adhere" to [ the same "historical"
'country'-based ] 'American' culture?
Hmmmmm...
Why is that?