Wednesday, October 13, 2010

How do they see us?



This; this broke my heart.
It threw me back a few decades to black face and aunt jemima; but by another group of minorities that is stereotyped, ridiculed, misrepresented? (i know part of it has to be because American culture...Black american culture, does similar things not just to people of Asian descent, but of all minorities.)
It makes me wonder why
Why do other cultures view us this way?
Why are we, in some ways, perpetuating the stereotypes portrayed?
What is the media saying to the world, if the mass media is the only window into our culture?
why this? why in 2010?
My flesh wants to be angry but honestly i am hurt and disturbed.
most importantly, how can we stop this? how can we take back our image, our worth? because its apparent that this negative and inaccurate view of black people is far beyond the eyes of racist Americans; it is a global epidemic. How do we change this? how do we work towards a world where  humanity is commonplace; where we are all one people and unity is our strength?
how would you feel if your little child saw this, and got the impression that this is how other cultures viewed us? would s/he be wrong?
if not for ourselves lets change the world for our future; the the seeds of tomorrow; for minds that are still forming and are yet to be tainted by this pitiful travesty. its time to take us back!
i would like to know your opinions, views, agreements, arguments, whatever. lets just get moving, we have to be the change we want to see!

"they've got so much things to say right now....I'll never forget no way, how they crucified Jesus Christ...so don't you forget no way, who you are, and where you stand in the struggle..."

-Lauryn Hill

love, compassion, royalty

Qu3eN G

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