kybkh wrote:Gen-Xers in particular grew up wanting to be black. I am not talking about Cosby black, I am talking about Snoop Dogg black. Kids in my subruban neighborhood went out of their way to befriend black gang members to be seen as cool.
In the 90's the surest way to get laid was to be gangsta. All we listened to was gangster rap and Outkast. I attended 5 different high schools in between 92-97 and it was the same everywhere.
So, what changed? How have we become more racist?
That was my experience as well. Huge gains were made in relations in the late 90s. Then around 10 years ago, they started telling children that all white people were racist, they started hyping up every racist occurrence, and many that were not. Black people were told that the so called good whites were actually in it to pillage their culture, rather than what it appeared to be, that is, just a bunch of white kids that were eager to make friends other black kids. Obama being elected was probably the worst thing imaginable, as evidenced by the push for segregation whenever possible, because soon after we were told that black people must must have the option to live in their own dorms, separate from white people, that their food shouldn't be made by white people, and their dress shouldn't be emulated. All of this made black people angry at the secret racism, and angered white people who had nothing but good intentions. And as you know, all of this is somehow supposed to make us unified. I guess, the message is,
someday we'll all be equal, but not right now. The craziest thing of all is how they turned the message of
treat everyone the same, as code for
racist. Of course, real racists must love the turn of events, now that black white relations are deteriorating so rapidly. Divide and conquer I guess.