\u00ab I know that it seems like myself and some of my friends have a chip on our shoulders regarding racism but you have no idea…<\/p>\n
What it\u2019s like not to know where your lineage began because that knowledge was stripped away from your family during bondage
\nThe inalienable thought of the fact that those around you ancestors once owned your ancestors.
\nLiving with the knowledge that your ancestral mothers were raped and abused by the ancestors of your friends
\nWhat it\u2019s like to hear teachers in school say you come from monkeys
\nWhat it\u2019s like to only be taught about Roman and Greek gods that were actually derived from Egyptian\/African gods
\nWhat it\u2019s like to only hear about Pythagoras, Archimedes, Aristotle and other geniuses that actually went to Africa to learn
\nWhat it\u2019s like to hear North Africans aren\u2019t the same as other Africans because they are lighter
\nWhat it\u2019s like to grow up and never hear about African Kings and Queens
\nWhat it\u2019s like to never hear about any of your ancestral heroes
\nWhat it\u2019s like to never hear about Black American heroes
\nWhat it\u2019s like to have water fountains that you can\u2019t drink from
\nWhat it\u2019s like to be told where you have to sit
\nWhat it\u2019s like to be told to enter from the back door
\nWhat it\u2019s like to be mistreated by the medical establishment only because you\u2019re black
\nWhat it\u2019s like to work twice as hard for half as much
\nWhat it\u2019s like to have kids call your father BOY
\nWhat it\u2019s like to have to step off the sidewalk to let others walk by
\nWhat it\u2019s like to have to walk through a store with your hands in your pockets so others won\u2019t think you\u2019re stealing
\nWhat it\u2019s like to have your grandfather to give you your beginning drivers brief by telling you what towns you can drive to because you\u2019re black.
\nWhat it\u2019s like to know that you are attending schools named in honor of people that thought you were inferior and wanted to keep you enslaved
\nWhat\u2019s it\u2019s like to go to parks and public venues named in honor of people that fought to keep your forefathers enslaved
\nWhat it\u2019s like to be followed in a store because of the melanin in your skin
\nWhat it\u2019s like to only see heroes on TV and in the movies that don\u2019t look like you
\nWhat it\u2019s like to hear that God is white and wants others to control you
\nWhat it\u2019s like to hear that Jesus (born in the Middle East and lived in Africa) looks like your oppressor
\nWhat it\u2019s like to know Santa Claus looks like and favors your oppressor (all lies)
\nWhat it\u2019s like to have to explain to your kids what the N-word means after being called that in school
\nWhat it\u2019s like to have to explain to your kids why other kids don\u2019t want to play with them because their skin is darker
\nWhat it\u2019s like to be judged by your own race because they were conditioned to believe those with lighter skin (the master’s kids) are better and smarter than those of a darker hue
\nWhat it\u2019s like to grow up with muted dreams because others thought you weren\u2019t as smart as they were
\nWhat it\u2019s like to get pulled over time and time again because you were driving while black
\nWhat it\u2019s like to have people question why you\u2019re in charge when they don\u2019t ask the same of your white counterparts
\nWhat it\u2019s like to be denied a job only to be asked if you will come aboard to train the white person picked instead of you
\nWhat it\u2019s like to get denied housing because of the color of your skin
\nWhat it\u2019s like to feel more accepted and at home in a country that\u2019s not your own
\nWhat it\u2019s like to not be an ______-American and just be an American
\nWhat it\u2019s like to have a teenage white girl question you at 50 yrs old about whether you can afford a pair of sunglasses in front of your daughter
\nWhat it\u2019s like to have to hear you speak well for…
\nWhat it\u2019s like to have people clutch their purses in an elevator while you\u2019re wearing a suit.
\nWhat it\u2019s like to know Law Enforcement Officers (LEOs) will shoot you for playing in the park…
\nWill shoot you for lifting a play gun in Wal-Mart in the toy gun section
\nWill shoot you for saying you have a gun
\nWill choke you for trying to break up a fight
\nWill shoot you for holding a mobile phone in your grandmothers’ backyard
\nWill shoot you for running away
\nWhat it\u2019s like to have your own government to have rules against you getting decent housing
\nWhat it\u2019s like to know someone can shoot your son for walking down the street with a hoodie on and get away with it
\nWhat it\u2019s like to be considered guilty until proven innocent
\nWhat it\u2019s like to bear the weight of a race on your shoulders every time another person of your race commits a crime
\nWhat it\u2019s like to have your own financial institutions cheating you because of the color of your skin<\/p>\n
I could list more but I\u2019m sure others have more to add to this list! \u00bb<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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