CNN to offer a glimpse of black life in America

A Sister wrote:

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We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal...Lies, bold faced lies....

There Can Be Only One wrote:

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4. We must stop police brutality by seeing these troubled dark skinned young men as brothers and sons and defending them accordingly..

There Can Be Only One wrote:

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For this very reason we should not accept the defeatist mentality of american materialism as self worth.
Many "educated" blacks do.
1. We should stop calling ourselves Black because we are brown and not the antithesis of all things white.
2. We must stop allowing the causasian controlled media to dictate what we wear, what we do, and how we perceive ourselves as a culture.
3. We need to take ownership of a country that disenfranchises us as a people fromt the highest levels of government.( This is my country and I own it too)
4. We must stop police brutality by seeing these troubled dark skinned young men as brothers and sons and defending them accordingly.
I could go on but these are the most important steps to be taken and sadly we will never go in this direction because it is too much work and we will be in for the fight of our lives as a culture.
Remember the Black Panther Party was not destroyed until it began breakfast clubs for poor children and working towards building schools for the betterment of the dark skinned community.
This the **** establishment will always fight.
So with that said what do you think the benz, lexus, mercedes brothers will sacrifice to see us uplifted as a whole....
nothing.

speak english or get out wrote:

a black mortgage broker put me in the worst loan ever.a black loan person put me in the worst car loan.you did not heard that on cnn.and i'm white

giveuspeace1936 wrote:

argh! we will never move ahead in this country if we keep focusing on the color of our skin. It doesn't matter anymore, those days are over. What are you saying? That Doctor King's efforts were in vain? Lets move on, slavery is long gone, discrimination againts skin color SHOULD be gone, dislike the personality not the person of color. We are all American's, lets pull together and stop the segregation (does anybody see a repeat in history here?). Lets move forward and not let history repeat itself with the separation of races! america... the land of the FREE

A Sister wrote:

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Like I told Tap: Tell that to your own kids, more and more of them are crossing over, your too busy trying to criticize and put down other people when your own are following suit. They don't seem to find anything wrong with it. They find something wrong with the way they are being raised by there supposedly "decent" parents. But I'm sure you will have some excuse or "justification" for that.
Pay more attention to what's going on with your own kids and stop worrying about the kids from the other side of the tracks, they are making progress, weather you approve or agree with it or not....get over it.......

roger43 wrote:

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tell what to my own kids? the joke about the cannon? my kids are 5 and 2. i don't think they'll get it. gotta go, sis. it's me and the kids today and its raining. have to find nuturing things to do with them all day. daughter goes to gymnastics at 9:00 and then we'll come home and read about a million books. throw in 2 million hugs then it's art time....etc...you know how it is.

phudgit wrote:

Not sure if CNN could shed that much more light on "Being Black in America". What is it? It is what it is. I mean, should white people all of a sudden give a d@mn what it's like? Hell, things are hard for them too. Maybe if white & black people can realize that we're all in AMERICA together & regardless, we'll have to solve AMERICA'S problems together chit would be better. I'll tell you this. Being a part of topix for a bit & being black, I see that being black is harder than I thought... as posters on this forum (and others) have demonstrated, having a anonymous identity behind a computer screen makes people more able to be honest. Thus, racism is pretty healthy & kicking in our great nation. I sometimes wonder how some of my white friends, acquaintances, or co-workers really feel about me. But... I'm a big believer in personal accountablity & I feel like when it comes to my own personal conduct; I've performed in a satisfactory way. I've found that Being Black in America includes, as a black person, not giving a damn about others' opinions. That makes it a hell of a lot easier.

phudgit wrote:

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Amen. Too much blood has been shed for us to be bickering over such things. Our country is free and many people of many backgrounds died to preserve that.

Reggie wrote:

What white people as a whole need to realize that racism and discrimination still affects black people. There are alot of black people out there that do all the right things but they still get looked over for promotion, get pulled over because they are black, etc. Its there you can not just brush it off.
What black people as a whole need to realize that there is racism and prejudice but you can't let that hold you back. Just because it may be harder in most cases to be black, you can't just give up because it hard.

A Brother wrote:

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Wow, look at you,... you are actually saying that all men are not created equal
so sweetie pie, what makes you think some men are created supperior and other men are created inferior,..
I await your reply

Wendy Thayer wrote:

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If it were not for the Police that "troubled young son" of yours would eat you alive. Oh go ahead, cruise on down some street in central LA after dark with your North Face Jacket and Timberland boots and see how those troubled dark skinned youth treat you.

Watch the Gap wrote:

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I think a HUGE part of the problem is that the black community HAS been treating the thug minority within the black community as "troubled dark skinned brothers" instead of as the predatory, anti-black thugs they are, who commit more violence against the black community every day than the police or even the KKK do in 20 years.
Now, I do believe the those who are repentant over their crimes and are honestly trying to turn their lives around should get the support of the black community and society in general.
But, those who have dedicated their lives to drugs, theft and violence need to be seen as and treated as what they are the NUMBER ONE ENEMY of the black community. The black KKK as black (or brown if you prefer) columnist Jason Whitlock has so aptly labled them.
As for the Black Panther Party, they were a bunch of opportunistic, hate filled, violent, murdering thugs, who are largely responsible for the deplorable condition of the black community today. As John McWhorter pointed out, the anti-education, "stick your middle finger at the world" attitude that pervades the hip-hop prison culture has its roots in the BPP.

Tap San in LIC wrote:

Have we made any progress on race relations in the last 12 hours ?

GET OUT wrote:

I pray Obama wins for 2 things .One thing is we need a change and two you crybabies will have no excuses anymore because if Barrack can do it any of you can do it !!!