HELLO MY DEAR FRIENDS,I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE TOUCHY,SOMEWHAT TABOO SUBJECT OF,HOLD ON YOU'RE READY-RACE!! THIS SUBJECT MANY SEEM TO FLEE FROM. AND I CAN UNDERSTAND WHY. I BELIEVE WE AS A WHOLE RUN FROM THE MATTER BECAUSE NONE OF US TRULY UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS!! WE ALLOW CULTURE AND NATIONALITY TO DICTATE HOW WE PERCEIVE WHO WE ARE. I ASK MYSELF QUESTIONS OFTEN. IF A WOMAN AND MAN OF AFRICAN OR EUROPEAN DESCENT HAVE A CHILD IN LET'S SAY CHINA. DOES THAT MAKE THE CHILD CHINESE? IF THAT THOSE SAME COUPLES HAVE A CHILD IN MEXICO IS THAT CHILD MEXICAN? WELL,YES AND NO!! IF THAT MAKES ANY SENSE. GENETICALLY THEY AREN'T,BY NATIONALITY THEY ARE!! SO WHAT IS A PERSON WHO IS SRI LANKAN,PAKISTANI OR BANGLADESHI. ARE THEY INDIAN(CENTRAL ASIAN) OR NOT. AND WHAT DO YOU CALL A PUERTO RICAN WHO HAS AFRICAN,SPANISH AND TAINO INDIAN ANCESTRY? WHAT DO YOU CALL A PERSON WHO HAS THE SAME RACIAL MAKE- UP BUT DOESN'T HAIL FROM THE ISLANDS? WHAT DO YOU CALL AN AMERICAN OF SOME AFRICAN ANCESTRY WHO HAS 4 OR 5 OTHER ANCESTRIES? WHAT DO YOU CALL AN AMERICAN WITH EUROPEAN ANCESTRY WHO ALSO HAS THIS SAME GENETIC COMPOSITION OF 4 PLUS RACES? I MYSELF HAVE A MULTI-RACIAL BACKGROUND AND IT REALLY SHOWS IN MY CHILDREN. MY OLDEST DAUGHTER ,WHO IS ACTUALLY MAYBE A SHADE OR SO DARKER THAN ME,HAS BEEN MISTAKEN FOR LATINA SOOO MANY TIMES!! SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE COME TO HER SPEAKING SPANISH ASSUMING THAT SHE KNOWS NO ENGLISH,LOL.SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE ASKED" WHAT RACE ARE YOU,I KNOW YOU'RE NOT BLACK"? "NOT BLACK" I ASK HER,"IF YOU'RE NOT BLACK THEN WHAT IS"? AND WITH MY YOUNGEST,HER CLASSMATES ASSUME THAT SHE'S DIRECTLY MIXED WITH ASIAN!! AND MIND YOU ALL OF MY CHILDREN HAVE THE SAME FATHER!! THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN TWO MUTTS REPRODUCE!!,LOL. SO NOW I ASK WHAT IS BLACK? WHAT IS WHITE? NOT LONG AGO IN THIS COUNTRY,AMERICA, WHEN SOMEONE HAD ONE DROP OF AFRICAN BLOOD THEY WERE CLASSIFIED AS-YOU GOT IT-BLACK!! AND THIS LAW STILL HAS NOT BEEN CHANGED!! SO IF THIS LAW IS TO BE APPLIED IN MODERN DAY THEN ABOUT 90% OF THE AMERICAN POPULATION WOULD BE CONSIDERED BLACK!! WHITE FOLKS INCLUDED!!,LOL. HAVE WE BROUGHT INTO THE STEREOTYPICAL VIEW ON WHAT WHITE OR BLACK IS SUPPOSE TO LOOK LIKE? HAVE WE LET GEO-POLITICS CHANGE HOW WE INTERACT WITH EACH OTHER BASED ON "WHAT WE LOOK LIKE"? SO DO YOU IDENTIFY WITH ONLY ONE OF YOUR RACES? AND NOT ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR OTHER ANCESTRIES. OR DO YOU REALLY TAKE THE TIME TO TELL SOMEONE YOUR MIX? WHAT DO YOU CHECK WHEN YOU COMPLETE A CENSUS? WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU'RE NOT QUITE ACCEPTED BY THE RACE YOU IDENTIFY WITH,BUT YOU MOST CERTAINLY CAN'T SOLELY INDENTIFY WITH THE OTHERS? SHHH,IT'S A VERY LONELY WORLD!! ALL THIS IS ACTUALLY STARTING TO GIVE ME A HEADACHE!! AFTER ALL MY THOUGHTS AND QUESTIONING,I'VE COME TO THIS HYPOTHESIS,AND IT'S SIMPLE-WE PUT TO MUCH DAMN IMPORTANCE ON RACE!!! THERE IS NO ONE PURE RACE!! WE'RE ALL MUTTS,HYBRIDS,MIXED OR HOW EVER YOU WANT TO PHRASE IT!! A LONG TIME AGO IN A DISTANT LAND CALLED AFRICA,MORE SPECIFICALLY,THE LAND OF PUNT,LOCATED IN EAST AFRICA. A LITTLE BLACK WOMAN AND A LITTLE BLACK MAN GAVE BIRTH TO MODERN MAN,ALL MEN AND WOMEN (DON'T WORRY I DIDN'T FORGET YOU SISTERS,LOL) OF EACH TRIBE,LAND,RACE. SO WHETHER WE ACCEPT IT OR NOT,WE ALL HAVE AFRICAN ROOTS!! POLITICS IS WHAT DIVIDES US! JUST AS THERE ARE MANY COLORS IN NATURE,BUT NOT ONE LIFE FORM IS BETTER THAN THE NEXT !!! THIS IS GOD'S DIVINE ORDER. ESSENTIALLY IT'S JUST LAND AND WE'RE JUST HUE-MAN!! LEAVE THE IDEA OF RACE TO THOSE WHO WISH TO EXPLOIT AND CAPITOLIZE ON RACIAL DIVISION.BUT KEEP YOUR EYES ON THE PRIZE AND NEVER LOSE FOCUS ON WHO WE ALL ARE-GOD'S CHILDREN!!
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