Nappy Headed Black Child

Alright now before i get the angry emails (i wish lol) and somebody tries to revoke my UNIA card, read all of this and then you can argue with me.

I've thought long and hard about this. Now I'm not saying that race doesn't mean anything what I'm saying that race does not mean what it meant years and years ago.

Now first off we all know Race is purely a social construct that was created as method of separating people and assigning value and thus creating a hierarchy among people so that domination and enslavement could be justified (for example Europe's Partitioning of Africa)

So that's where we get slavery and eventually state sponsored racism up until the success of the civil rights movement. Now from that time (meaning 1964) till now what Race means in a practical sense has changed.

Race then was an accurate determinant of what your expectations and outcomes would be. For example if you were born black then you were only gonna be allowed to be so successful or reach a certain plateau without consequences. Of course the generality isn't air tight but it certainly holds true for the vast majority.

Race now is an accurate determinant of one's identity. In the sense of a person's culture history and socialization. Now its not that this was any less true back then however today due to the progress made by African Americans, and people of all creeds for that matter, that our country is a much more accepting place than it previously was and as we continue to progress as a society and as individual ethnic groups this will become more and more of a reality. The"Good Ol Boys Network" is dying and it is truly is possible for anyone to do anything.

I know some of you out there reading this are scoffing and are compiling a laundry list of ish to contradict me. Save it. As i have said this isn't air tight no generality is and there are plenty of examples of discrimination a race based hate in this world but I find that to be the minority and not the majority and even still is doesn't stop a person from achievement, in addition before you start saying well what about crime, poor education, poverty, lack of opportunities in the African American community I've got an answer for that too.

The Economic Class System is your culprit.

In this country you have the Rich, the Poor, and the Middle Class. Some rich more rich than others some poor poorer than others and some middle more middler (lol) than others. And the one thing they all know is that Money Talks. Those with it have more access to opportunities, helpful resources, information, political power, and avenues of increasing their wealth. Those without it struggle and some are able to improve. Common sense right? Well consider this.

1.) State sponsored racism (Jim crow and Segregation) held back the African Americans community economically. Thus after the success of the civil rights movement we were playing catch up economically

2.) When the Fair Housing Act of 1968 came down those in the black community who could get a house went and got one. Now there was already "white flight" so their money had left the community however this "black flight" took something more valuable. A positive example. You see pre fair housing act African Americans of all economic classes lived in the city. So if you were poor you had positive examples as well as the necessary social and fiscal resources for an individual to aspire, achieve and climb the ladder so to speak. So when they left there went that positive example and those resources and thus the decline of the inner city.


So....its my opinion that many issues of race are really economic class issues that have come about as issues of race and sometime folk are too quick to label something as a race issue. Yes there are issues that effect certain communities more than other but they aren't exclusive and those that seem to be are more often symptoms of broader problems.

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