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In reply to the discussion: Quick Question... Why should black people love white people? [View all]bravenak
(34,648 posts)Be nice if they all decided tomorrow to end it. Instead we get this Jim Crow to eat and told it's better than the old Jim Crow. There is not trust that things will be any different without a bloody battle. We have to evidence to look at to suggest things will get any better. They have been getting wirse all of my life.
I just don't understand why people expect the victims of Jim Crow to not hate the beneficiaries of Jim Crow? We have generations growing up like this. Not one generation of black had grown up in equality since the inception of this nation. Why the surprise to find out people feel that way? It took me years to let go of the burning anger at the injustices. Remember, I was at the LA riots and saw how much the majority cares about us and the things done to us. One of the first things I knew to be afraid of was, police (after they beat my cousin and sent him home - white of course) and all white juries (notorious for the convicting of innocent black males). And when we complain we hear basically that it's nobodies fault or that WE are playing the race card.
Anyways, I just lack surprise when I hear a young black person hates white people when they have been given NO REASON to LIKE white people, only fear them and what they can do to them.