Black in America II
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I have to ask if it was really necessary to do a second one of these.
There is a class of colored people who make a business of keeping the troubles, the wrongs, and the hardships of the Negro race before the public. Having learned that they are able to make a living out of their troubles, they have grown into the settled habit of advertising their wrongs-partly because they want sympathy and partly because it pays. Some of these people do not want the Negro to lose his grievances, because they do not want to lose their jobs.
-Booker T. Washington
Why are we the only race that has an acute need to be portrayed as helpless. This sickens me to my stomach.
Good post. An old college friend does the editing on this bullshit, I need to look him up and ask WTF?
Good post. An old college friend does the editing on this bullshit, I need to look him up and ask WTF?
Funny. A Chinese-American woman I went to college with worked as a field producer on the first one. She's probably working on this one as well.
I agree partly with the Booker T. Washington quote and I agree to a greater degree with what you said. However, I think that there are positives to this series as well as the additional interviews Soledad conducted that are available online and (previously) On Demand. I think that, at least in Part 2 of this series, black people that are doing great things and illustrate the successes that African-Americans have made and is a part of regular life for many African-Americans is exposed to those that are unaware of it. That includes not only those who are not African-American, but African-Americans themselves. That is important.
But yes, I also hate the idea of "blacks" needing to be studied and examined and the perpetuation of this idea that we're helpless. But like Booker T. says, many African-Americans sadly have made this a way of life for themselves.
Ultimately, just like all races, genders, and any other category you can think of to divide to people, there's a multitude of types of people and stories in each. I hope Part 2 of this series will go even further to make that truth evident.
I Dvr'dboth days from Cnn on Direct Tv. It was a great show. Finally the upper middle class and rich black folks were finally shown. This group was always looking over and lefted out. I'm gad that sista started that ball. It was a chance for families and kids to get to know each other. This was needed in a major way.
The sista had her wall like my folks and their friends have their wall. All the photos displayed with pride. Many of whom earned degrees and other great honors. We need more of that on tv. The regular kats would call this being uppity. We need less "Why are brothas in jail"? Some brothas just love to screw up and use coming from a Fatherless home as a poor excuse.
It reminded me of my days in a family social group like theirs. I also felt bad for the Brotha who attended the college. He was not down or hood enough for the regular brothas and sistas. Just because he was well off they felt he could not relate. He was too black for his classmates.
I'm proud of the brotha who opened up his own school. They had a 100% graduation rate from highschool. They also went on to attend a four yr univerity.
We need more upper middle class programing on tv. The upper middle class needs to be talked about. Everyone knows about the ghetto.
They don't need any more light shed on their issues. What about how the Upper Middle Class feels? They are expected to do well and help the hood out. Some kats in da hood look for a handout and cry racism if they don't get what they want.
The sista had her wall like my folks and their friends have their wall. All the photos displayed with pride. Many of whom earned degrees and other great honors. We need more of that on tv. The regular kats would call this being uppity. We need less "Why are brothas in jail"? Some brothas just love to screw up and use coming from a Fatherless home as a poor excuse.
It reminded me of my days in a family social group like theirs. I also felt bad for the Brotha who attended the college. He was not down or hood enough for the regular brothas and sistas. Just because he was well off they felt he could not relate. He was too black for his classmates.
I'm proud of the brotha who opened up his own school. They had a 100% graduation rate from highschool. They also went on to attend a four yr univerity.
We need more upper middle class programing on tv. The upper middle class needs to be talked about. Everyone knows about the ghetto.
They don't need any more light shed on their issues. What about how the Upper Middle Class feels? They are expected to do well and help the hood out. Some kats in da hood look for a handout and cry racism if they don't get what they want.
