tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6448150671758169257.post7650276994944570679..comments2023-10-20T05:20:06.726-05:00Comments on JuneBug Talk: On Being African-American....Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6448150671758169257.post-29238896029904041452011-03-29T21:27:56.603-05:002011-03-29T21:27:56.603-05:00Thank you for passing through, jidipier!Thank you for passing through, jidipier!Blahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07542131112280018323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6448150671758169257.post-8583334185978619272011-02-18T14:54:21.828-06:002011-02-18T14:54:21.828-06:00*or WE who are stuck in a psychological...* [gramm...*or WE who are stuck in a psychological...* [grammatical error!!]Ms Quihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15700088094136561568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6448150671758169257.post-35038567185413059402011-02-18T14:53:12.311-06:002011-02-18T14:53:12.311-06:00First off...awesome and relevant topic, Ms. B!
I ...First off...awesome and relevant topic, Ms. B!<br /><br />I also agree with the response the that was made on the original post.<br /><br />For me, it always goes back to slavery. Those wounds have never been healed, and until they are healed, we will continue exist in a warped state.<br /><br />Present psychology even tells us there are steps to healing from trauma - which was exactly what slavery was - a form of abuse in so many areas. Common steps in healing are 1) DENIAL, 2) ANGER, 3) BARGAINING, 4) DEPRESSION, 5) GRIEF, 6) ACCEPTANCE.<br /><br />It seems to me, many of us tango between all of the above, but we have to heal collectively. After we have truly experienced all of those feelings, and released them, we have to recognize, embrace, and learn to function in a new being. This is where we continue to drop the ball. Who is to blame for us never having a consistent and healthy example of a person that looks like us? Is is those who oppressed us or US who are stuck in a psychological mind trap? That question can be debated for a lifetime...<br /><br />African Americans have to realize our potential - and act on it - then others will have no choice but to respect and respond to it, too.<br /><br />As Nikki Giovanni says, "Deal with yourself as an individual, worthy of respect, and make everyone else deal with you the same way."Ms Quihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15700088094136561568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6448150671758169257.post-87261408467790011972011-02-17T14:02:55.253-06:002011-02-17T14:02:55.253-06:00I would add, as a student of Immigration Law, that...I would add, as a student of Immigration Law, that the reasons why we see high success rates in brown and black immigrants from colonized countries in Africa and Asia stems from our immigration policies. Point blank, the U.S. government doesn't allow in the brown and black foreign people who the government thinks will be a public charge - i.e. those who will require continued government assistance due to lack of education, money and work skills - unless they just so happen to be immediate family of a U.S. citizen or permanent resident. (People who get in as refugees - as asylum cases - are very few compared to the number of immigrants allowed in legally.)<br /><br />So, it boils down to this: many of the brown and black immigrants do well because they come from economically-advantaged situations (in the mother country) to begin with, compared to the many others of their country who never come here to the U.S. Compared to the extremely poor and uneducated - who generally don't have a chance in hell of being allowed into the U.S. legally in order to even try to make successful lives for themselves.<br /><br />As I said in the post, the successes of a few do not erase the continued oppression and suffering of millions (those left behind back on mother continents of Africa and Asia, for instance).<br /><br />So, the argument (that brown and black immigrants come here and succeed, so black Americans who don't succeed are just making excuses) fails because it overlooks the very skewed pool of brown and black immigrants that it cites as support. We're talking about ALL of (slave-descended) black America - underclass, working class, middle class, upper class, rural, urban - in comparison to a small class-specific sampling of black people from Kenya, for instance, who mostly come from a position of economic privilege (middle class to whatever degree) in their home country. It's not a fair, accurate, or useful comparison to make.Blahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07542131112280018323noreply@blogger.com