Stuck Between Colors
by:Ken’Yonna Taylor
you say this is your time
theirs a fine line
between your time and my time
this is our time
you see me as black
and you think i see you as white
but i only see you as a person
that i no longer want to fight
we live in a world
where there used to be colored
but now its black and white
listening to the stories
it all seemed like a big fright
unlike some people who ran away
i will stay
i will fight fight for my rights
to be black in this crazy world
youre stuck between color lines
some people think im color blind
but im not
i just don judge people
by what color they are
i only accept people for who they are
Showing posts with label race. Show all posts
Showing posts with label race. Show all posts
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The Responsibility to End Racism
Decades of evidence-based research indicate that white racism remains a significant problem in American society. Unjustly inherited white resources and continuing discriminatory practices have restricted access to better paying jobs, decent and affordable housing in great neighborhoods, excellent health care, and a political voice in Washington that matters.
White racism is a systemic phenomenon that is deeply woven in the fabric of our society and has a corrosive effect on the minds, bodies and souls of all Americans, including white people. Dealing justly with American racism means that white Americans must come to terms with the historical legacy of inequality inherited from their forbears. This means partaking in a thorough review of the United States as a nation founded (in part) on racist principles. We tend to underestimate the impact of systemic white racism, rationalizing it as an individual affair rather than a system of oppression involving 246 years of slavery and 90 years of Jim Crow for roughly 85 percent of our existence as a nation.
Since the 17th century, the political and economic elites -- mainly white men -- played a role in shaping our institution that disproportionally benefits white people to this day. Whether or not they are actually aware of their skin-privilege, over 20 generations of white Americans have inherited socioeconomic resources from their forbearers who benefitted unjustly from slavery, segregation, and other forms of racial oppression.
To the present, Americans of color have been economically impoverished and struggling because white Americans, past and present, have used extensive discriminatory motives and resistance to change to protect their group position. Just as it is impossible for any man to fully understand a woman's position in our sexist society, no white American can fully empathize with white racism and the experience of being black in America. Hence, all white Americans have some inclination (to varying degrees) to overlook the realities and affects of racism that undermines any real chance for communities of color to have some semblance of success and group uplift at the so-called "American Dream."
White people, listen. It is your responsibility to end racism. According to Mychal Denzel Smith, "From the avowed racist, to the anti-racist activists, to the 'I'm not a racist, I have two black friends' folks, to the 'I don't see color' people and everyone else between or on the margins. It has to be a concerted effort on the part of white people to actively reject racist beliefs, thoughts and actions."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/darron-t-smith-phd/listen-white-people-only-_b_2708128.html
Decades of evidence-based research indicate that white racism remains a significant problem in American society. Unjustly inherited white resources and continuing discriminatory practices have restricted access to better paying jobs, decent and affordable housing in great neighborhoods, excellent health care, and a political voice in Washington that matters.
White racism is a systemic phenomenon that is deeply woven in the fabric of our society and has a corrosive effect on the minds, bodies and souls of all Americans, including white people. Dealing justly with American racism means that white Americans must come to terms with the historical legacy of inequality inherited from their forbears. This means partaking in a thorough review of the United States as a nation founded (in part) on racist principles. We tend to underestimate the impact of systemic white racism, rationalizing it as an individual affair rather than a system of oppression involving 246 years of slavery and 90 years of Jim Crow for roughly 85 percent of our existence as a nation.
Since the 17th century, the political and economic elites -- mainly white men -- played a role in shaping our institution that disproportionally benefits white people to this day. Whether or not they are actually aware of their skin-privilege, over 20 generations of white Americans have inherited socioeconomic resources from their forbearers who benefitted unjustly from slavery, segregation, and other forms of racial oppression.
To the present, Americans of color have been economically impoverished and struggling because white Americans, past and present, have used extensive discriminatory motives and resistance to change to protect their group position. Just as it is impossible for any man to fully understand a woman's position in our sexist society, no white American can fully empathize with white racism and the experience of being black in America. Hence, all white Americans have some inclination (to varying degrees) to overlook the realities and affects of racism that undermines any real chance for communities of color to have some semblance of success and group uplift at the so-called "American Dream."
White people, listen. It is your responsibility to end racism. According to Mychal Denzel Smith, "From the avowed racist, to the anti-racist activists, to the 'I'm not a racist, I have two black friends' folks, to the 'I don't see color' people and everyone else between or on the margins. It has to be a concerted effort on the part of white people to actively reject racist beliefs, thoughts and actions."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/darron-t-smith-phd/listen-white-people-only-_b_2708128.html
Sunday, January 20, 2013
Why Dating in Paris Isn't Black and White
Interracial relationships in America are very different than those abroad, and Ebony's arts and culture editor, Miles Marshall Lewis, reflects on his time in Paris and what he learned about their cultural intersection.
"Thoughts about mixed couples are different in the U.S.," I explained once the performances finished. "Black women look at Black guys choosing White girls and think they have a problem with blackness, or they're scared of Black women, or they think they're too good for sisters."
What makes the real difference is that we're growing up together, so we're going to learn the other person's culture, and maybe enjoy the person for who they are."
http://www.theroot.com/buzz/why-dating-paris-isnt-black-and-white
"Thoughts about mixed couples are different in the U.S.," I explained once the performances finished. "Black women look at Black guys choosing White girls and think they have a problem with blackness, or they're scared of Black women, or they think they're too good for sisters."
What makes the real difference is that we're growing up together, so we're going to learn the other person's culture, and maybe enjoy the person for who they are."
http://www.theroot.com/buzz/why-dating-paris-isnt-black-and-white
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
STRUCTURAL RACISM AND COMMUNITY BUILDING
-How is it that a nation legally committed to equal opportunity for all—
regardless of race, creed, national origin, or gender—continually reproduces
patterns of racial inequality?
-Why, in the world’s wealthiest country, is there such enduring poverty among
people of color?
-How is it that in our open, participatory democracy, racial minorities are still
underrepresented in positions of power and decision making?
Without fully accounting for the historical and ongoing ways in which racial dynamics produce inequities between whites and people of color, the social justice and antipoverty field risks pursuing strategies that are misguided, incomplete, or inappropriate to the challenge.
The statistical portrait of the American population broken out by race reveals persistent disparities between people of color and white Americans in almost every quality of life arena, the most basic being income, education, and health.
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regardless of race, creed, national origin, or gender—continually reproduces
patterns of racial inequality?
-Why, in the world’s wealthiest country, is there such enduring poverty among
people of color?
-How is it that in our open, participatory democracy, racial minorities are still
underrepresented in positions of power and decision making?
Without fully accounting for the historical and ongoing ways in which racial dynamics produce inequities between whites and people of color, the social justice and antipoverty field risks pursuing strategies that are misguided, incomplete, or inappropriate to the challenge.
The statistical portrait of the American population broken out by race reveals persistent disparities between people of color and white Americans in almost every quality of life arena, the most basic being income, education, and health.
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