urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:midoujules_sama Do the winds of fate connect us? midoujules_sama 2008-05-31T21:35:50Z urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:midoujules_sama:7442 2008-05-31T21:35:50Z 2008-05-31T21:35:50Z So, today, I was developing film, when I came across a roll of film of a conference of some kind.&nbsp; The backdrop to the stage where the speeches were being held read, "Black State of the Union".&nbsp; And yes, I was pissed.<br /><br />In the area I live in, at least, many black people tend to separate themselves from society.&nbsp; They have festivals celebrating "Being Black".&nbsp; They have the state of the union excluding everyone except blacks.&nbsp; Angie just got a text message about celebrating being a strong black woman.&nbsp; And many of these same people are the ones who complain about not being treated "equally" by society.<br /><br />If a black person were to post this, I'd bet no one would argue.&nbsp; If there was a "White State of the Union", the convention probably would even have been sued.<br /><br />Get over it.&nbsp; Black people are just like everyone else, with more melanin content in their skin.&nbsp; You aren't special!&nbsp; You aren't less than anyone else or more than anyone else because of the content of your skin.&nbsp; You don't deserve special treatment any more than you deserve horrid treatment.<br /><br />Black AND White AND all other colors need to stop thinking of themselves as RACES.&nbsp; Your race doesn't matter.&nbsp; Let's all start thinking of each other as the HUMAN race.&nbsp; Don't choose your friends based on race.&nbsp; How many groups of people do I have to see every day that are all the same color.&nbsp; I get so sick of it.<br /><br />Choose diversity!!!!!!!