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| Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 7:47 am |
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No, unfortunatly, we cant be equal as long as people out there are thinking this,,,and its not just a black thing either,
I also have a white friend that thinks the same way as your friend,,,,,
here's a little story for you that might shed some light on your delema..hopefully,
I, being a musician and also ex-navy, have never had any problems with any african-americans...okay so the story goes like this.....
I was doing some pipeline work in Ohio with a group of guys, and one of our crew was african-american,,he just liked to be called "Tim" not african-american,since he wasnt african, he was born in North Carolina,,,Get It????
We were the best of friends since we relied on each other day to day for safety reasons due to the nature of our work,,it can be deadly if you not carefull and have someone watching your back,,,,,,,
so, we never looked at each other as black or white,,
one day after work, we all went to the Hotel bar, we had gotten rained out and we decided to party instead, there were quite a few people in the bar,,,,all white and Tim was the only black guy there,,,,,
we sat at the bar amognst starngers, and when Tim came out of the bathroom, he came up to me and said "Whats up cracker"????
I said "What up Negro"???? and we both started to laugh our asses off,,,,well, here comes the juicy part,
the guys sitting at the bar, who we didnt know, about fell out of their chairs because what we had said,,,,and they were staring at us as if we were from another planet,,,,,they could not figure out why we had said this to each other,,,,,but, we knew,
we knew that words like this were not meant to hurt each other,,but, maybe as a way to say....WHO CARES!!!!!!!!!!!!! we are people,,,,,,and neither one of us were alive or had any influence on what had happened 250 years ago with all that slavery shit...etc....
so i guess what Im really trying to say is.......tell your friend to look at individuals and not the entire race,,there are alot of whites and blacks out there that dont play the race card and are really good people,,,and would give the shirts off their backs to help,,,
Wel after alll that...I hope this helps,,,not just you,,,but others as well.
Keep on Rockin' its all about the music anyway...right?? |
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