WHY IS CNN & OTHER MEDIA TREATING OBAMA HUSSEIN LIKE HE IS THE MESSIAH????????????????????

he is here to save us from the republicans, do you have a problem with that?

Being Black in America has a lot to do with if you're perceived as or look "Black". One is treated better according to the proportion of your facial features, language, dress, and mannerisms that are typically white (improves with similarity to middle-class whites).

For instance, I look Black; Soledad does not. If we both engaged in the same outside activities in which we interacted with others (job application, retail store shopping, etc.) she would be treated differently than I. I would be treated in the typical manner that those who look like me would be treated and she, the typical way "non-white" people would be treated.

I just heard her on Oprah's XM channel talking about how a white (?) woman didn't understand why people are not acknowledging Sen. Obama's white side and instead of calling him Black why not call him bi-racial. She responded by demeaning the woman's point alluding to history and how, by law, the criteria for determining a Black person is the "one drop" rule. She also stated that Barack identifies himself as Black.

Well, first of all Ms. Obrien, I am a big fan of yours. Now, saying that, I would like to enlighten you as to what this woman was referring to.

The position of the woman was correct. The standard for being black was created long ago for purposes of slavery and its interest and as a subsequent tool to keep this race in check for the future. The standard is wrong and we should not live by it anymore.

Tiger Woods understands this, as with other bi-racial individuals. They have the right attitude which honors both his mother and father's race. People and the law will catch on. When this happens more then there will be less racial segregated issues.

My ex-husband is white and we have a bi-racial son. On forms that his dad fills out he puts our son down as white or bi-racial. On the forms that I fill out, I put Black or bi-racial.

Until things change, Lionel Richie's adopted daughter Nicole understands the ramifications so she chooses not to disclose the identity of her biological father as it might harm her career and life in some way because he might be of Afro-Latin American decent which would then make her "Black".

Barack Obama CAN relate to both Black and white people because it is in his DNA and his formative year's environment. Plus Barack actually LOOKS of both races equally; white features, black color. I think of Barack as being just as much white as he is Black. I call him bi-racial and honor his white heritage.

Note I don't have time to proofread this so sorry for any syntax error. Got to go and interact with my son.

Good luck with your "Black in America" series. I personally hope it "falls flat on its face! I think I speak for the majority of America when I say that I am "up to my ears" in this "Obama" craze and now you have gone too far! I am not a racist, and some of my best friends are black, but CNN, like some other news channels, have been biased when it comes to John McCain. We, the voters, want to decide whom we want for president...not who CNN wants! Until CNN learns how to be more fair in their news coverage and stops trying to brainwash their viewers to vote for Obama, I will switch to Fox News who is fair and unbiased and gives equal coverage to all the candidates.

One true and foolproof sign of a racist is the comment "some of my best friends are black....white.....hispanic..."

Why CNN's series on Black in America is so important…

First let me introduce myself.
I call my family and me global citizens. Having been a retired military officer I have had the opportunity to have lived and or visited 2 continents other than North America, and 20 US states.

Maternally, I am a 3rd generation free black. On my paternal side, my great, great, great grandfather was a white Canadian and my great, great, great grandmother was a Chattua Indian. Eight of my nine grand children are bi-racial. With that said my culture, heritage, and lifestyle are diverse.

I still wonder what is it about me (a black person) that intrigue other cultures; that causes them to become fearful of my presence; to hate me so much that others want to murder, maim, lynch, burned, in slave, and commit other hideous acts against those that look like me. People have hated me so much that they hide the very essence of me-my culture…my heritage. And the most important…is my freedom. Lord why me! Why me Lord!

As Andrew Martin in Bicentennial Man (1999) states: One has studied in your history. Terrible wars have been fought where millions have died for one idea, freedom. And it seems that something that means so much to so many people would be worth having.

My purpose driven life is:
To be acknowledged for who and what I am, no more, no less. Not for acclaim, not for approval, but, the simple truth of that recognition. This has been the elemental drive of my existence, and it must be achieved, if I am to live or die with dignity. -Andrew Martin

I leave you with a poem:

Why Did You Make Me Black Lord ....

Lord .... Why did you make me black?
Why did you make someone
the world would hold back?
Black is the color of dirty clothes,
of grimy hands and feet...
Black is the color of darkness,
of tired beaten streets...
Why did you give me thick lips,
a broad nose and kinky hair?
Why did you create someone
who receives the hated stare

Black is the color of the bruised eye
when someone gets hurt...
Black is the color of darkness,
black is the color of dirt.

Why is my bone structure so thick,
my hips and cheeks so high?
Why are my eyes brown,
and not the color of the sky?

Why do people think I'm useless?
How come I feel so used?
Why do people see my skin
and think I should be abused?

Lord, I just don't understand...
What is it about my skin?
Why is it some people want to hate me
and not know the person within?

Black is what people are "Labeled"
when others want to keep them away...
Black is the color of shadows cast...
Black is the end of the day.

Lord you know my own people mistreat me,
and you know this just ain't right...
They don't like my hair, they don't like my
skin, as they say I'm too dark or too light!

Lord, don't you think
it's time to make a change?
Why don't you redo creation
and make everyone the same?

GOD's Reply:
Why did I make you black?
Why did I make you black?

I made you in the color of coal
from which beautiful diamonds are formed...
I made you in the color of oil,
the black gold which keeps people warm.

Your color is the same as the rich dark soil
that grows the food you need...
Your color is the same as the black stallion and
panther, Oh what majestic creatures indeed!

All colors of the heavenly rainbow
can be found throughout every nation...
When all these colors are blended,
you become my greatest creation!

Your hair is the texture of lamb's wool,
such a beautiful creature is he...
I am the shepherd who watches them,
I will ALWAYS watch over thee!

You are the color of the midnight sky,
I put star glitter in your eyes...
There's a beautiful smile hidden behind your pain...
That's why your cheeks are so high!

You are the color of dark clouds
from the hurricanes I create in September...
I made your lips so full and thick,
so when you kiss...they will remember!

Your stature is strong,
your bone structure thick to withstand the
burden of time...
The reflection you see in the mirror,
that image that looks back,..that is MINE!

So get off your knees,
look in the mirror and tell me what you see?
I didn't make you in the image of darkness...
I made you in the image of ME!

by RuNett Nia Ebo

Below is another poem that seems to fit the occassion:

A Black Woman Speaks. . .
Of White Womanhood
Of White Supremacy
Of Peace

It is right that I a woman black, should speak of white womanhood.
My fathers, my brothers, my husbands, my sons, die for it; because of it.
And their blood chilled in electric chairs, stopped by hangman's noose, cooked by lynch mobs' fire, spilled by white supremacist mad desire to kill for profit, gives me that right.

I would that I could speak of white womanhood as it will and should be when it stands tall in full equality.
But then, womanhood will be womanhood void of color and of class, and all necessity for my speaking thus will be past.
Gladly past.

But now, since 'tis deemed a thing apart supreme, I must in searching honesty report how it seems to me.
White womanhood stands in bloodied skirt and willing slavery reaching out adulterous hand killing mine and crushing me.
What then is this superior thing that in order to be sustained must needs feed upon my flesh?
How came this horror to be?
Let's look to history.

They said, the white supremacist said that you were better than me, that your fair brow should never know the sweat of slavery.
They lied.
White womanhood too is enslaved, the difference is degree.

They brought me here in chains.
They brought you here willing slaves to man.
You, shiploads of women each filled with hope that she might win with ruby lip and saucy curl and bright and flashing eye him to wife who had the largest tender.
Remember?
And they sold you here even as they sold me.
My sisters, there is no room for mockery.
If they counted my teeth they did appraise your thigh and sold you to the highest bidder the same as I.

And you did not fight for your right to choose whom you would wed but for whatever bartered price that was the legal tender you were sold to a stranger's bed in a stranger land remember?
And you did not fight.
Mind you, I speak not mockingly but I fought for freedom, I'm fighting now for our unity.
We are women all, and what wrongs you murders me and eventually marks your grave so we share a mutual death at the hand of tyranny.

They trapped me with the chain and gun.
They trapped you with lying tongue.
For, 'less you see that fault- that male villainy that robbed you of name, voice and authority, that murderous greed that wasted you and me, he, the white supremacist, fixed your minds with poisonous thought: "white skin is supreme." and therewith bought that monstrous change
exiling you to things.
Changed all that nature had ill you wrought of gentle usefulness, abolishing your spring.
Tore out your heart, set your good apart from all that you could say, think, feel, know to be right.
And you did not fight, but set your minds fast on my slavery the better to endure your own.

'Tis true my pearls were beads of sweat wrung from weary bodies' pain, instead of rings upon my hands I wore swollen, bursting veins.
My ornaments were the wip-lash's scar my diamond, perhaps, a tear.
Instead of paint and powder on my face I wore a solid mask of fear to see my blood so spilled.
And you, women seeing spoke no protest but cuddled down in your pink slavery and thought somehow my wasted blood confirmed your superiority.

Because your necklace was of gold you did not notice that it throttled speech.
Because diamond rings bedecked your hands you did not regret their dictated idleness.
Nor could you see that the platinum bracelets which graced your wrists were chains binding you fast to economic slavery.
And though you claimed your husband's name still could not command his fidelity.

You bore him sons.
I bore him sons.
No, not willingly.
He purchased you.
He raped me, I fought!
But you fought neither for yourselves nor me.
Sat trapped in your superiority and spoke no reproach.
Consoled your outrage with an added diamond brooch.
Oh, God, how great is a woman's fear who for a stone, a cold, cold stone would not defend honor, love or dignity!

You bore the damning mockery of your marriage and heaped your hate on me, a woman too,
a slave more so.
And when your husband disowned his seed that was my son and sold him apart from me you felt avenged.
Understand:
I was not your enemy in this, I was not the source of your distress.
I was your friend, I fought.
But you would not help me fight thinking you helped only me.
Your deceived eyes seeing only my slavery aided your own decay.
Yes, they condemned me to death and they condemned you to decay.
Your heart whisked away, consumed in hate, used up in idleness playing yet the lady's part
estranged to vanity.
It is justice to you to say your fear equalled your tyranny.

You were afraid to nurse your young lest fallen breast offend your master's sight and he should flee to firmer loveliness.
And so you passed them, your children, on to me.
Flesh that was your flesh and blood that was your blood drank the sustenance of life from me.
And as I gave suckle I knew I nursed my own child's enemy.
I could have lied, told you your child was fed till it was dead of hunger.
But I could not find the heart to kill orphaned innocence.
For as it fed, it smiled and burped and gurgled with content and as for color knew no difference.
Yes, in that first while I kept your sons and daughters alive.

But when they grew strong in blood and bone that was of my milk you
taught them to hate me.
Put your decay in their hearts and upon their lips so that strength that was of myself turned and spat upon me, despoiled my daughters, and killed my sons.
You know I speak true.
Though this is not true for all of you.

When I bestirred myself for freedom and brave Harriet led the way some of you found heart and played a part in aiding my escape.
And when I made my big push for freedom your sons fought at my sons' side,
Your husbands and brothers too fell in that battle when Crispus Attucks died.
It's unfortunate that you acted not in the way of justice but to preserve the Union and for dear sweet pity's sake;
Else how came it to be with me as it is today?
You abhorred slavery yet loathed equality.

I would that the poor among you could have seen through the scheme and joined hands with me.
Then, we being the majority, could long ago have rescued our wasted lives.
But no.
The rich, becoming richer, could be content while yet the poor had only the pretense of superiority
and sought through murderous brutality to convince themselves that what was false was true.

So with KKK and fiery cross and bloodied appetites set about to prove that "white is right"
forgetting their poverty.
Thus the white supremacist used your skins to perpetuate slavery.
And woe to me.
Woe to Willie McGee.
Woe to the seven men of Martinsville.
And woe to you.
It was no mistake that your naked body on an Esquire calendar announced the date, May Eighth.
This is your fate if you do not wake to fight.
They will use your naked bodies to sell their wares though it be hate, Coca Cola or rape.

When a white mother disdained to teach her children this doctrine of hate, but taught them instead of peace and respect for all men's dignity the courts of law did legislate that they be taken from her
and sent to another state.
To make a Troy Hawkins of the little girl and a killer of the little boy!

No, it was not for the womanhood of this mother that Willie McGee died but for a depraved, enslaved, adulterous woman whose lustful demands denied, lied and killed what she could not possess.
Only three months before another such woman lied and seven black men shuddered and gave up their lives.
These women were upheld in these bloody deeds by the president of this nation, thus putting the official seal on the fate of white womanhood within these United States.
This is what they plan for you.
This is the depravity they would reduce you to.
Death for me and worse than death for you.

What will you do?
Will you fight with me?
White supremacy is your enemy and mine.
So be careful when you talk with me.
Remind me not of my slavery, I know it well but rather tell me of your own.
Remember, you have never known me.
You've been busy seeing me as white supremacist would have me be, and I will be myself.
Free!
My aim is full equality.
I would usurp their plan!
Justice peace and plenty for every man, woman and child who walks the earth.
This is my fight!

If you will fight with me then take my hand and the hand of Rosa Ingram, and Rosalee McGee,
and as we set about our plan let our wholehearted fight be:
PEACE IN A WORLD WHERE THERE IS EQUALITY.

-Beulah Richardson
1951

Black in America, what about ALL the races in america? I do not feel this is racially correct to focus on just the blacks in america. Each race is going through and has gone through there own set of problems and hardships, and each race has had success no matter how big or small. If we had an Asian running for president would we have "Asians in America"? Are we being spoonfed what the media whats us to see and hear just because we have a black man running for president?

What does Black in America mean? Black in America these days, not in all cases but in most, means conceiving numerous illegitimate children, being proud of being uneducated, being proud of being border line illiterate, being proud of living off the sweat of honest working people, blaming everyone else for your problems, killing each other and then complaining about how badly you are treated by other races, being ignorant enough to worship and fall for the garbage that is dished out by leeches like Jesse Jackson, and Al Sharpton, supporting a political candidate because he or she is black instead of supporting one because he or she is what's best for the jor and country, not being able to spell the name of your favorite candidate. Being black in America today means rioting to be treated equal and then rioting when you are treated equal. In short, in most but not all cases, being Black in America today means striving to being a wart on the nose of society.

My Final Poem:

Mother to Son

Well, son, I'll tell you:
Life for me ain't been no crystal stair.
It's had tacks in it,
And splinters,
And boards torn up,
And places with no carpet on the floor-
Bare.
But all the time
I'se been a-climbin' on,
And reachin' landin's,
And tumin' corners,
And sometimes goin' in the dark
Where there ain't been no light.
So boy, don't you turn back.
Don't you set down on the steps
'Cause you finds it's kinder hard.
Don't you fall now-
For I'se still goin', honey,
I'se still climbin',
And life for me ain't been no crystal stair.

Langston Hughes

Black in America??????

the problems are not adressed on this show

slavery, prison , murder , rasism ,

poor ,jobless ,police profiling,depression, drug filled

neiborhoods

thats a little bit of the problems in Black American
dont fear the truth cnn

If you want to know how it is to be black in america

if you dare?

The Human Rights Record of the United States in 2004

will put some light on the issue

were are all the black men to rase there familys

most are in jail caught in the bias Crimial justice

system

4america,

As I traveled across the globe I have not seen volume of negative behavior directed to a group like that of black people.

True other ethnic groups experienced hatred and have social & culture problems, but not at the global level and the volume.

I have 2 kids, one who sailed through school and the other who struggles every inch of the way, and aquired all the labels possible. Even with all the access to all resources affored by an upper middle class school district, to a child with labels and private tutoring, the only effective motivater has been monetary reward. Against all educators advice we established $30 for an A, $20 for a B and $10 for a C on the report card - amazing how my son turned on a dime to acheive these rewards. Go figure, would we expect to work for years receiving nothing but the promise of a paycheck at the end of our 12 / 16 year journey? So while our children are learning academically, why not also teach them the monetary connection to striving for the best that they can be - that's generally how the workforce increases their paycheck, isn't it??

That man who pays kids to learn should be ashamed of himself. He is such an ignorant, educated person that I am not sure why he is allowed to be on CNN as a part of this report.

Black Truth,

How did they get in the position of facing criminal justice system.

Yes, some are stopped just because they're black and most rise above the situation. Yes, some are mistaken as criminal (we all look alike syndrome). But others are criminal and actual choose to be.

But, why did they choose that?

Ceyda,

One can choose be to either a traditionalist or a transitionalist. You sound like a traditionalist.

I am beyond upset at the information presented on CNN. Black people are trying to live above a perception. Generalization is a horrible reference to the statistics that alot of African Americans are a part of, but not all. I am a black student in an all white high school. I am in the top 2% of my class, and have scored in the top 5% of the country on ACT and SAT tests. I am in all AP and Honors courses. Not all African-Americans are as dumb as you think. Roland Fryer, You should rethink and re-analyze the research that you think you have finished. Talk to black people from all backgrounds, because your generalizations are angering.

I would love to say that this was a very enlightening and educational show but unfortunately, having DISH Network, it started raining and my tv went out, I am sure that others probably had this same thing happen and I hope that CNN will do the right thing and rebroadcast this episode hopefully before school starts again in August. Children need to see this, my son was disappointed and wanted to hear more. How else will we be able to get this tape just in case your station decides it is not worth repeating. Hopefully the 2nd one will be aired without a storm to stop the play. This is something that should have been on regular television anyway, considering that not everyone has cable or a computer

It is absolutely offensive that the economist in tonights feature is putting a piece of money in those kids hands to pass a test when they are looking at being homeless. Why isn't he sowing into that Father's life who seems like he is doing the best he can? Does that man need a better education, better training? As an educator I can assure you that he is making the wrong impact on those children. Who paid him to go to school at the age he is paying those children? There is more than enough research that says schools in 100% poverty and 100% free and reduced lunch can be 100% high achievers. Instilling pride in achievement, enabling kids to see that they can think and create on higher levels will do more in the long run. HELP THAT FATHER GET A BETTER JOB AND EDUCATION!!!

how do i reach family in piece shown weds july 23rd on cnn "black in america"

why doesnt rev c just help-- preaching is overated

Overit3 I am with you. He is working a fallicy before he even gets started. That slave trader is NOT checking for saltiness, he is checking to see if that slave is SICK. If sick, he would not accept the slave because the slave would not make the voyage sick. I think CNN found someone black who could make a little controversy. Glad that professor was there to counter his argument though.

Just help what Nick? Whats your point? I am a public school teacher in a high poverty school. Have been for almost 10 years. I have two Masters degrees and have done my research and presentations on the African diaspora. What do you have to offer the dialogue?

where are the real men in this country black and white....real men help with their mouths closed. little boys mouth off and show fear in their hearts. plain to see many of many colors are to busy pointing.

action my friend is worth a thousand times more then childlike speech...i get involed with action. no need to point at all that is wrong....too easy...too useless

I,like all humans, am biracial. it is mathematically impossible for any of us to prove that we are one pure race. To that premise i have dedicated my life and work to promoting the Truth...there is no such thing as race. We agree to make it true, but it is it is not true. No pure race remains in the world as all nations have mixed bloods and cultures.

I wrote a book titled One Drop: to be the Color Black to hopefully begin and support a movement for communications between different nations, cultures and colors. The book contains feelings of black and white skin people in the United States for two centuries.

This television show is excellent, as is our election process this year with a viable black skin nominee, for bringing the race issue to the forefront of our nations conciousness. Silence is not making the subject of racism in America go away.

i remain a female soldier for the cause of freedom and justice in the United States of America.

http://www.onedropblack.citymaker.com/page/page/839099.htm

What are your ideas Nick? What is your program?

Instead "Black in America", the show should be called "Lost in America". It is obvious that a large sement of the Black Community is looking for some great salvation be it political or the benevolence of a diety. The fact is that this salvation must come from within. Black men and women have lost the values. Black men should not father children they can not take care of. Black women should not have children they are not capable of providing for. I have total disdain for the so called "Black Church". From Jesse Jackson to Al Sharpton, a complete embarrassment. As a black person it is hard for me to understand this need for the shepard/sheep mentality.

how funny it is to sit around and thump our chests with pride....while the poor are right down the street still needing your actions

my program is to find a person a day and work with them...i raise money...and give my time. very simple. to be angry is to easy, a copout. takes up time while that time should be used in actions that do something....imagine if mother teresa sat around and bitched...lol

good luck ...i can only hope that one day the anger turns into actions. it is your destiny to finally be a man.

Indeed the traditional black church has lost much of its impact, in many instances because of so called pastors who do nothing more than let people serve them instead of serving the people. You are correct that the moral compass of the Black Community has been in a spin for a long time. We cannot continue to blame outsiders for how we treat each other, how we spend or invest our money or anything else. As far as the need for the Church, well, I preach the need for Jesus Christ. If the problem is from within, how can salvation come from within? You can't get fresh water from a poisoned well.

I volunteer almost everyday of my life. I give my time and effort to make my community a better place. I have a right to be upset with those who actually sit and bitch about the results they aren't seeing when they don't even try to help the situation. My solution to the black community: close your legs and try to make your own community a better place. Be part of the solution. Rise above the statistics, instead of falling into them.

I commend you for your personal approach. We all work within the gifts we have. I happen to be an educator as well as a minister and I continue to equip myself for both tasks. I teach History and Social Science. If I can open my student's eyes to how America became America and help them navigate the terrain of our unique society, so much the better.

hate and anger shows you do not have the will to move to the next level of spiritual growth. do not be afraid - god is bigger then all that is wrong. there is a calling to all to be at peace- you are being tested to have more faith. black and white all need to get over it....and get with it

Can people only improve through handouts? I understand that people need help, but isn't it possible for people to do some things on their own. Not all wells are poisoned, but maybe there is a misuse of resources. They water should be used to quench ones thirst rather than wash their car. And if people wanted to change, wouldn't they try AT LEAST TRY to find a way out of their situation? I find in so many of these instances, people have grown accustomed to the status quo.

I just watched the segment on marrying your baby daddy and although I understand the importance of the father in the home, the question why they didn't get married in the first place without being part of a program was not answered. That would have given a better perspective besides just celebrating them getting married.

As a product of a poor, single parent family, I was baffled by the fact that the mother was struggling by herself. There was no mention of the teenage kids working (e.g., babysitting, raking, cutting grass). This is something I took the initiative to do to help my family and me get thru bad times. Not only did it help with the bills but it also helped with my self-esteem and knowledge about real-world. After all, it's about family helping family.

Be black or white???? Why can't you just be you??? That is the problem in this country...we see color and not people.

I wish tomorrow's follow-up would not only be with famous black Americans but also with lesser known black Americans.

Unfortunately, people will always see color in this country Overit3! Try spelling America without the R-A-C-E.

"Black in America" is a commercial sellout and does not do justice to the black experience. These stories could happen to any race living in America and they are incredibly shallow. And any story that needs a goofy narrator dressed like a '70's throwback to Sanford & Son to introduce each "Act" is not a story worth telling.

Very true CAJ, I just wish people would overcome that shortcoming.

Young Black women today are full of ??????. I have three sons, all graduated in the top 10, not 10%, of their high school classes. All three went to HBCU's, a family requirement, and graduated with over a 3.0 average. Neither had a committed relationship coming out of college. They are all real men!!! One is now married, and the other two are involved in serious relationships with young ladies they met after college. No children for the two unmarried sons; NOT ALLOWED IN THIS HOUSEHOLD!! ALL of them are church-going young men; even when they were in college. Where were the young ladies when they were in college? One of my sons categorized his college female school-mates as "chicken-heads." They all currently have good jobs and "stable" lives. Neither has been near a jailhouse, and their only involvement with law enforcement has been a speeding or parking ticket.

So, please don't tell me that "GOOD BLACK MEN" are hard to find. Many Black women only get what they are looking for; THUGS!!!!!

Knowing that what airs in the documentary is only miniscule to the hours of interview, I have this question regarding the segment with Ira Johnson -- why did she continue to have children out of wedlock after the first one? Ms. Johnson stated that while her 4 teenage children were all fathered by the same man, she became a single mother with the very first child. Soledad may have asked that question in her interview but it was not included in the episode. I suspect many viewers were asking that same question. Ms. Johnson admitted herself that she had unprotected sex and asked herself if (paraphrased)'she was ready for this.' Why didn't that click with children 2,3,and 4? She attributes it now to depression. I would imagine so with 4 children in stairstep ages (all teenagers.) Now, she's struggling to raise 5 teenagers (including a niece) alone when it should have been apparent with her first child that she couldn't rely on the man who got her pregnant to do his part in the parenthood. Please help us to understand this 'keep getting pregnant' mindset.

I am very disappointed in this special. It should be titled Blacks Struggling in America, because if the title acurately displayed being black in america in would show the pittfalls of black americans in the inner city as well as the suburbs. It was a focus on uneducated african americans living below the poverty line...that is not the definition of being black in america.

Once I again, I am dissatistfied that some of the major questions are not being asked in during this program! We talk about the fact that the Black community doesn't talk about the AIDS crisis in our community, but when we have the chance to expose this to the nation through the show, we still fail to discussed it.

Why was it not discussed why black women age 24-34 are the largest number of women dying from AIDS. Trust isn't because they don't know about AIDS. What about the "down-low" situations that we are facing on a daily basis. Getting infect by Black men that are too scared to acknowledge their bi-sexuality. Why was that not discussed. We have got to stop worrying about what others think about us as a people are starting talking about the things that plague us in real dialogue. It isn't about targeting a certain "type" of people but acknowledging the issues that are causing the problems.

I grew up overseas because my dad was in the military and before our family returned to the states, he sat me and my sisters (6th grade, 7th grade and 9th grade) down to explain to us that we are going to experience what is called racism and discrimination. We actually didn't understand the concept. We learned quickly in American schools.

It started with my black friends telling me about it. I still had not experienced it. I thought they were lying or bitter. THEN came the topic of SLAVERY in our history class. After feeling so embarrassed and my self esteem dying after the teacher and my classmates turned to look at me throughout the discussion, I felt the insidious feeling of hating white people until I later learned that it was the same race of people who helped us fight slavery.

So, the bottom line folks is for us to prevent the teaching of slavery in grade school and only for it to be taught in high school after the minds of young adults have a chance to be exposed to all races without preconceptions of superiority and inferiority.

If that cannot happen, then we need to have the topic of slavery be taught with shame and disgust of the perpetrators and how it was the lowest point a human race can stoop to and teach it with remorse to the black people for the institution and the subsequent ramifications. The white students need to feel bad about their race for sactioning slavery and the black students need to feel proud about surviving and for fighting to abolish this terrible American holocaust.

Then attitudes will change.

Who else understands this?

I am a 36 year old female. Married for almost 1 year to a Latino.
I trully hope that this study, Black in America, will open the eyes of America. I have experience a lot of the things that the study touched on, homeless, poor, single past the age of 30 (but with no kids). My questions are, what can we do? Will this continue to be a domino effect? How can we change? How can we change the continous struggle of being Black in America?