I only watched this and the more I watches it the more upset I got.
I am a 26 year old "White" women. I am married to a 25 year old
"Black" man. We have three great kids that we have raised not to
see color but to see who the person really is. I am so tired of
feeling like I have to apologize for the color of my skin when I
have done nothing wrong to anyone of any race. What happened in the
past was horrible. And it will always be a scar in our countries
history. But I am tired of paying for the past. My grandfather
marched many times for equal rights. He abopted 3 "Black" children
because it broke his heart that no one wanted them. But no matter
how much the "white" people have tried to reconsile from the past
it is never enough. I as a "White" woman face racism everyday
because i am married to a "Black" man. My kids face racism everyday
because they are niether white nor black so they don't really
belong. A "black" person can say what they want about "white"
people when ever they want. But let a "white" person say something
that might even halfway sound racist we are crucified for it.
Barrack Obama can call his grandmother a typical "white" woman and
that is ok . But let Bill O'Reilly or another 'White " person call
a "black" person a typical "Black" person. Everyone would be up in
arms. Calling for him to be fired and all that. Why is it fair for
some but not fair for all. That is Racism to me. When is enough
finally Enough. Black people stop hating the White Man or Woman. I
am tired of being held responsible for something I had nothing to
do with. And CNN If you are going to do Specials about people who
have to struggle than why not do it on Special Needs people who are
never treated fairly because they do not look normal or talk
normal. Do a story on my son with Down Sydrome who will never get a
truelly fair shake at life no matter How mild his Downs is just
because he has the title of "Special Needs or Down syndrome". Or
how about doing a story about Military Families and how we struggle
everyday just to provide for our families while we are surrounded
by people who hate us and tell us that we are traitors and
terrorist. The wives that are raising thier children alone while
thier husbands are gone and cant get any help and have barely any
support. How about trying to do stories that will help and up lift
not keep opening old wounds. Go talk to the homeless on the the
streets you will find out that 75 percent of them are vets and are
homeless because even though they served their contry with pride,
Thier country had no pride in them and could care less what happens
to them. These are the stories that Matter. Why not do a story
about what it is like to be White in America. I grew up poor with
not very much. I got pregnant at 16 dropped out of school. Ended up
in foster care. Gave my baby up for adoption. Struggled to get my
GED. Was homeless for a while. And Guess what I am White. Now I am
a mother and a proud Navy Wife. And trying to raise my children to
see people as people not what color they are. I really think this
story was a bad choice for CNN.
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Black in America