and ya don’t stop….

Courtney said that [black men] don’t care about racial issues. Umm…since when did a black man not have to think about race in America. I’m sorry but as a black woman in America, I don’t have that privilege but when I do….    I’ll let you know!         So I was recently in a conversation about apathetic black men and I was not shocked to hear one young man explain that he does not have time to dedicate to racial issues on our campus. Baffled to say the least but also a bit perturbed. So without furthering the conversation with the young man, who might I add, is my friend. I thought long and hard about what he said.Now everyone that knows me also knows that when it comes to race in America, I have a lot to say and so many plans of things to do…..I came to the conclusion that while the African American women on my campus are marginalized by white men and women, and African American men, we have no other choice but to fight.Every time someone murmurs that we are only here because of affirmative action…Or having separate water fountains on campus would be funny…Or the hanging man drawn in the bathrooms….Or the yearbook picture of a fraternity dressed as the KKKWe, the black women, are the first to take action…However, the last to be appreciated….. African American young men find their way into the “big house” through the side door. [Generalization coming] These white women come to college ready to explore and do all the things that their parents prohibited them from doing while at home .  What is the common rebellion I see? White women wide-eyed over the “mandingo” men. Ha! While the black men seem to think that they are exploiting these women and just having a good time. It gets deeper. Now if its as easy as they say. Are black men going after white women because they don’t have to be “on point.” Being black is good enough… But they know when they talk to a sista, they can’t come at her any type of way, they already what is going to happen. I am not against interracial dating… The interracial relation that I have seen seem to only be based on dominance, exploration and lust. The men on my campus are not dating these white women, they are exploiting them. They do not take these women home. They don’t even introduce them to the family on homecoming weekend. So is it just a having a good time for the moment? I wonder…Well, if this is such the case, this leaves black women stranded in academia with dreams and ambitions that one day [far from now] the black man will see the beauty in her.That her virtue shines brighter than the lip gloss Becky got on.  my rant for the moment…. 

~ by hiphop08 on December 15, 2007.