Saturday, January 10, 2009

Prejudiced ?



We're back!!! I missed you guys . This is where we talk to each other from the heart. No frills, a little thrill, most importantly...we keep it real.Today, we'll be talking prejudice.
Prejudice? Yes.


Talk to me about the shades of prejudice you may have experienced. Class prejudice, race, social or economic? Would you call me paranoid if I say I feel this at every turn? Ill give instances. White folks against blacks, african americans against african immigrants, hispanics against african americans? I do not seek to promote divisiveness but people, y'all know or at least sense what I am hinting at.

"I worked with three white senior citizens at a health fascility. I was told to buy water if i needed to drink something because the water at the water dispenser was paid for" But it was in the office and it was meant for drinking, why everyone else but me?. Is it okay in this day and age to say to someone my age "You are not allowed to .......". How fair is it to sit on my timesheets till two weeks later and claim you were out ill and you forgot to put them in ...but you forgot no one else's but mine? Now dont think this is a disgruntled worker case...because if you know me you would know that I am an "effico"( perfectionist). Whatever my hands findeth to do I do it well. Am I right to call this prejudiced?

Take this.

"I dont like Africans because they stink. How are you going to wear designer clothes and croco shoes and then stink" A young African American woman said this to me in reference to some African guys she had dated. How true is it that Africans stink? No tongue in cheek now because there is that lingering incense scent on some, and of course the "natural" brother who would not corrupt his body with chemicals like deodorant. But does one stinking African condemn the teeming lot?

Does anyone else feel the tension between the African American and the African? Seems like the Af.American cant stand the African and vise versa. Why? Greater injustices have been metted from the Af.American brother than from the white folks. The African has no understanding of the word racism because he was born free. Though from a subdued and severely deficient economic and social environment he has lived not as a subhuman but as they would put it "a son of the soil". That is why we see the African flourish in a country of boudless opportunity much to the chargin of his african american brother most of who believe that laziness and non progression is a way to fight the "power" Do you agree , talk to me .....

This is Inertia for you, back on the block. We sincerely welcome 100 honest bloggers over 1000 rubble rousers. Lets keep it real

Cheers

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