Thank You, Steve. I've been away from Substacks for a while now. Real glad I stopped by to read this gem.
'Sometimes I get tired of ["blackness"] EVERYWHERE. '
'We unfortunately bear rhe burden of stereotypes and negative tropes pushed in us by [blacks whose ancestors] were forcefully brought here.'
'There is a lot of self-hate in the [white] community.'
If I wasn't modifying Melody's quotes, I'd be considered racist. May be anyway. I'm sorry, Steve, but Melody is pathetic. You've got a very large percentage of white people who don't think it's okay to be white. I don't think blacks can measure up to the amount of self-hate they experience compared to whites, but ICBW (I Could Be Wrong).
“It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.”
Yeah, Melody's ancient ancestors were forced to come here. Perhaps. The POINT is or, rather, the questions is, what negative effect does that have on Melody today? Whatever she allows, right? Obviously, she was brought up different than You, Steve. So maybe I shouldn't get so impatient. But sometimes I agree with Professor Mason (Marsha?? probably naw)... Well, she and Coleman Hughes and others believe the best (only?) way to defeat racism is to simply ignore melanin altogether.
Granted, I'm not quite there entirely, myself. So there is that.
Like You quoted: "It's Nice To Chill Alone Or With Folks Who Look Like Me"
Back in the before-times, we had a term for people who judged other people by how they looked. "SHALLOW." I've never heard-a such a HUGE percentage of shallow people as exist in the current times. A lotta black people are extremely shallow. Of course, white people even more. (Quantity; dunno about percentages.)
Blacks are a minority population in the Western world. So it can be delusional to think that a black person isn't gonna see non-black people EVERYWHERE, but understandable. Except for "safe" spaces like Melody is comfortable in, there are likely to be SOME non-blacks most-a the time. Those are the facts facing minority populations, the world over.
So blacks (and whites) and BIPOCs <puke> should get over themselves. Everyone can do the world a favor, and get over themselves. COMPLETELY get over themselves and quit being so self-important (without losing their sense of self-worth, of course). I'm still working on that, myself, and expect to until I die. (Which will probably come sooner than I would prefer but when it has to, regardless. ;-) = wink
I was diagnosed manic-depressive in '77. Could even be True. That was before they handed out Bipolar diagnoses like ADHD diagnoses. My affinity group is so negligible, I never found one. So I get it, a lot more than black people can imagine. It's awful to be confronted with "sane" people, LITERALLY EVERYWHERE. Back before Bipolar was something to be CELEBRATED (for heaven's sake!).. Back before it was something to BRAG about.. Before it brought social cachet and the power of being a "marginalized" person..
Well, in the before-times, it was sometimes hard to maintain one's self-worth, if One was diagnosed manic-depressive. (At least it was for me, as I was heavy on the depressive side, alas.)
Cry me a river, Melody. And the rest-a You white, black, red, yellow, and purple people. Wake UP and smell the coffee. If You look around, "there are people STARVING in Africa." Consider Yourself lucky if You aren't at the very bottom of life's totem pole. Like smokers.
Sorry this is so long, Steve. (Long-winded Way of "saying" Thank You, I s'pose. ;-)
Thank You, Steve. I've been away from Substacks for a while now. Real glad I stopped by to read this gem.
'Sometimes I get tired of ["blackness"] EVERYWHERE. '
'We unfortunately bear rhe burden of stereotypes and negative tropes pushed in us by [blacks whose ancestors] were forcefully brought here.'
'There is a lot of self-hate in the [white] community.'
If I wasn't modifying Melody's quotes, I'd be considered racist. May be anyway. I'm sorry, Steve, but Melody is pathetic. You've got a very large percentage of white people who don't think it's okay to be white. I don't think blacks can measure up to the amount of self-hate they experience compared to whites, but ICBW (I Could Be Wrong).
“It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.”
Epictetus. (n.d.). AZQuotes.com. Retrieved March 19, 2023, from AZQuotes.com Web site: https://www.azquotes.com/quote/90292
Yeah, Melody's ancient ancestors were forced to come here. Perhaps. The POINT is or, rather, the questions is, what negative effect does that have on Melody today? Whatever she allows, right? Obviously, she was brought up different than You, Steve. So maybe I shouldn't get so impatient. But sometimes I agree with Professor Mason (Marsha?? probably naw)... Well, she and Coleman Hughes and others believe the best (only?) way to defeat racism is to simply ignore melanin altogether.
Granted, I'm not quite there entirely, myself. So there is that.
Like You quoted: "It's Nice To Chill Alone Or With Folks Who Look Like Me"
Back in the before-times, we had a term for people who judged other people by how they looked. "SHALLOW." I've never heard-a such a HUGE percentage of shallow people as exist in the current times. A lotta black people are extremely shallow. Of course, white people even more. (Quantity; dunno about percentages.)
Blacks are a minority population in the Western world. So it can be delusional to think that a black person isn't gonna see non-black people EVERYWHERE, but understandable. Except for "safe" spaces like Melody is comfortable in, there are likely to be SOME non-blacks most-a the time. Those are the facts facing minority populations, the world over.
So blacks (and whites) and BIPOCs <puke> should get over themselves. Everyone can do the world a favor, and get over themselves. COMPLETELY get over themselves and quit being so self-important (without losing their sense of self-worth, of course). I'm still working on that, myself, and expect to until I die. (Which will probably come sooner than I would prefer but when it has to, regardless. ;-) = wink
I was diagnosed manic-depressive in '77. Could even be True. That was before they handed out Bipolar diagnoses like ADHD diagnoses. My affinity group is so negligible, I never found one. So I get it, a lot more than black people can imagine. It's awful to be confronted with "sane" people, LITERALLY EVERYWHERE. Back before Bipolar was something to be CELEBRATED (for heaven's sake!).. Back before it was something to BRAG about.. Before it brought social cachet and the power of being a "marginalized" person..
Well, in the before-times, it was sometimes hard to maintain one's self-worth, if One was diagnosed manic-depressive. (At least it was for me, as I was heavy on the depressive side, alas.)
Cry me a river, Melody. And the rest-a You white, black, red, yellow, and purple people. Wake UP and smell the coffee. If You look around, "there are people STARVING in Africa." Consider Yourself lucky if You aren't at the very bottom of life's totem pole. Like smokers.
Sorry this is so long, Steve. (Long-winded Way of "saying" Thank You, I s'pose. ;-)