What are your intentions?
Social media, and its betrayal of society. How does social media and most news reports project a matter?
How is discrimination delivered? Is it merely in fleshy tones and hues?
"Your son is an excellent soccer player," says a parent to the coach who is not Caucasian!
"Your son is an excellent soccer player," says a parent to the coach who is not Caucasian!
"Thanks, but that's not my son," replies coach, then points to his daughter who's features and skin tone do not fit the "Black stereotype."
The stereotype (even in a positive light) may be based on skin tone.Is it merely flesh tones, and hues?
"She just jumped in and locked her kid out of her Mercedes when my husband walked by their condo," says the Caucasian wife, concerning her brown skinned husband with Latino and African ancestry, walking past their Caucasian neighbors condo!
"Mommy, why'd you lock me out," asks the child of approximately 5 years?"Just be quiet and get in the house," the embarrassed mother replies!
"Rude, sad, and contradictorily enough, hilarious all in the same breath," says the wife's aunt!
Sometimes it's all about the skin.
Sometimes it's the origin you're in, and not the skin you're in that matters...
"He may steal from us!"
"Not all kids (even Black/Brown), are thieves Mary Helen!"
A fair skinned girl in an school with the culture stemming predominately from African ancestry is referred to as "the pretty one." How Black does she look? She doesn't. She has full lips, but very fair skin, and without being prompted to see her parents, most would not know that her parents were American with African heritage.
Trayvon wasn't shot by an officer. He was no saint, but did he deserve to die because of that?
The Johnson's introduced Black Entertainment Television (BET), and the "Black," Brown, or American's with African heritage embraced it. Does that mean that they tried to do away with all other networks, or channels? Ask a Brotha if he only wants BET when the Super Bowl is on, or the NCAA Mens National Basketball Championship is on. But for a second focus on the more affluent, and more ignorant community that was also introduced to BET. Even though BET was not designed to take away from ANY other shows, or networks there are those that treat it as if it were. "Why don't we have a station, or network (Michael Eric Dyson, Tears We Cannot Stop, 2016)? Maybe because WET just doesn't fit? Or... why make yourself inferior when you have everything anyway?
I am not saying that I agree with ignorance, that I promote it, or that this viewpoint is law, and that all have to agree with it. However, you have to admit, it'll get the juices flowing, and make you think. What if it is true, or what if there's more? How bout this:
"To a Christian," #AllSoulsMatter! ~ Wiseman Woods
To Jesus, #AllLivesMatter #AllSoulsMatter
His going to the Cross evidenced how much they matter to Him, and unfortunately, it also proves how that's the farthest thing from the truth for others.
