Comments on: Assimilation Can Be A Wonderful Thing

By: interracialpower

interracialpower — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 08:24:41 +0000

Thankyou brotherpeacmaker for the post and have a happy fathers day everyone. Epluribus Unum!!! I agree Assimilation can be a wonderful thing if thing if the purpose is love and an end to White power racial hatred. That is why I celebrated Loving day. I had a great Loving day June 12 because I celebrated my 17 year marriage to my Caucasian wife and our two children. You pointed out that White racist don’t want to see their families intergrated with Black Women. I feel the pain of the Black woman who you mentioned in your post. I also celebrate everytime I see an interracial relationship and children because I know that the KKK and other racist hate this kind of relationship. Thankyou also for pointing out the genocidal nature of abortion. The KKK loves abortion clinics inside Indian reservations and Black neighborhoods.

Black culture in America needs to be celebrated more. Most African Americans are Christians and they would benifit from embracing and celebrating their faith everyday. The KKK and all racism is anti- Christian. Christianity is the opposite it is an Assimilating religion. Epluribus Unum means “from many to one” Tomorrow I am going to Church which is the center of Black culture in America. The Black Christian church is working hard to authenticly assimilate the world into the knoledge of Christianity. I attend a church with a black pastor of a predominatly White evangelical congregation. The worship leaders are mainly Black folks but the croud is a rainbow. The Black church will continue to diminish racism through the power of love, and celebration of Black Christianity. Epluribus Unum Happy Fathers day!!!!!!

By: sci-culturist

sci-culturist — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 16:57:38 +0000

i think that what you describe is an enactment of fear of “the other” who is judged, labelled, and all too often misunderstood. non-conformists to mainstream (read: white, dominant) society or people that think about and choose how they express themselves (e.g. by the way they wear their hair to reflect their connection with their ancestry) stand out from the crowd. part of me thinks that it is the human condition to want to make clones out of us all. but if this were so, how dull would life be? i think focusing on “differences” such as ethnicity only raises fear in those who feel threatened (for god knows what reason) as opposed to embracing the magic and creativity (on all fronts) that this can inspire.

By: Anonymiss

Anonymiss — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 15:34:56 +0000

Well said.

I remember when I was interviewing for jobs and my coworker (Black West Indian) asked me “Don’t you think that your hairstyle may be a hinderance?”

I said “If it is, fuck ‘em. This is New York City where I see successful Black people with unprocessed hair all over the place. My hair’s neat, my appearance is clean and conservative, I’m articulate, I’m personable, I have a bachelor’s, I have work experience, and I have no problems doing work and showing up on time to do so. If my braids are too distracting, then fuck ‘em.”

She laughed at me. Not at what I said (maybe she was, LOL) but my delivery was in my usual sass. But yes, she’s very much a proponent of assimilation. She even argues that assimilation be extended into choosing first names for kid.

The problem I have with that is what exactly is so defective about Black people that we have to compromise our uniqueness? The idea of validating racism and chauvinism by way of altering my appearance doesn’t sit well with me. If the goal is to achieve a diverse work environment, why not hold people to the standards that they’re trying to set? There has to be something more satisfying than just seeing us peppered amongst a sea of White people.

Sidebar:
Just so you know, I plan to use my comment for a future blog article.