aaanyway… you can almost tell by those pics who’s racist and who is just trying to “be Cool” for the day. Chicken shirt man should be taken out and shot. he’s a poison pill,the dungarees guy offended me ,too, for some reason.. and some others.. , but alot of the pics look like it’s kids just trying to pretend they’re actually hip ,if only for one night. if you looked at it that way, you might even find a(albiet,offhanded)bit of a compliment out of some of the shots. one of the boys looked like he wished he could be like that (all hangin cool and on the downlow… ) forever.
white ppl have stereotypes, too,ya know. You could throw your own party. all you’d have to do is get a bunch of your friends to put on some mullet wigs and walk around with a stick up their ass. LOL. sorry…
ok. so now i AM being an ass. – but just try not to take things too personally. not all fauxpaux are created out of malice.
my 2c
I personally- from what i’ve seen- think that, as a general rule ,Black ppl are much more family and community oriented than white ppl. OMG EVEN the hardest core Rappers will say something like” if my randmother ever saw me with a skull tattoo she’d whoop my butt.” I think that’s great!! big ole tuff guys worrying about what their grandma thinks…i love it:D
and if i were born black. i kNOW i would have been religious. Black Ppl have the BEST EVER church services. The denominations in this area have such a nice time. they dress up really nice, you can hear singing and laughing coming from inside. it’s a sunday visit of love ,not obligation.
I think Black ppl enjoy life a bit more fully and some of those kids are just trying to EMULATE -You know-try on a different pair of shoes for the day- and yes some are “jealous’ and some are just plain assholes. but i hope it’s mostly the former, i truely do.
k one more thing, then i’ll be on my way… i don’t care for the term african american. it ends up being a catch all.. and not every dark skinned person comes from africa. it’s foolish. it’s also like saying they are a subdivision of americans. they don’t go around calling whiteppl Euro-Americans,do they? no. if you are in America(and didn’t hop a fence or build a boat out of a truck-now THAT WAS ingenuity. they shoulda let those guys stay.- to get here)
you’re an AMERICAN ,end of story.
peace,Laurie
PS..You just Know it was chickenshirt bought the kfc and put the beer in those bags. i’d like to kick his ass.

Anyway- i guess my point, in how to help bring about positive change , would be Education education education…(in SCHOOLS-relate that black history-all year round not just during a certain month.- , in community, at home (ONE WOULD HOPE!) but also intermingled with some understanding that a LOT of (YOUNG)white ppl don’t have a clue about old-tyme racism. the racism they are dealing with is evenly distributed, meaning black ppl can be just as racist as white ppl can be, now.
when you see someone like that,all young and stupid, maybe some concern for their ignorance and some gentle help in educating them about how hurtful they are being , would go a lot farther than Hating them,just cuz you THINK they are hating you. how you ,or any other black person (and not racist whites ) relates and deals with her is going to have a lot more influence than some stupid kids at a frat party.

(that shit should NOT be allowed on campus, tho. That is the OUTRAGE right there. the party planners should have been punished, i hope they were.)

you just gotta realize.. 9 outta 10 she ,personally, is most likely not thinking about you or any other black person.
i mean Lookit Her.. she’s 17 yo. she’s there, hanging with her (loserface)friends(one of whom prolly handed her that bottle-i’ll bet-look at her eyes. she knows shes being inappropriate, somehow),but she just wants to drink that beer, which will get her plowed, so she can loosen up and get herself …uh, plowed(laid).
if it makes you feel any better ,she prolly got grounded for staying out too late.

~Laurie