Wednesday, May 6, 2020

The Apartheid Of African Americans - 1083 Words

African Americans endured in these days of slavery. For the white man to mistreat them as if they were animals, is unforgiving. But we worship an awesome God and as long as the whites have repented they can be forgiven. I never thought that I would come to learn pain and disgrace of a human being (thinking they’re superior) of the other simply because of their skin color until I saw the documentary of Slave after Slave (12 years a slave documentary). To see the lynching that took place during that time was overwhelming to watch. The removal of their dignity that the African Americans were stripped of, were not buried with their respect and pride attached rather humiliated. The white man took numerous photographs of themselves and sometimes†¦show more content†¦Drugs are bigger with them it is just hidden and they maybe a little more careful than careless. It is wrong to pass judgment on someone or an ethnicity just because of their skin color. And I agree with Carlos, another panelist on the same show, stated that in some states there are some people that are just plain â€Å"ignorant† judging someone by their skin color is not a legitimate reason to disrespect, mistreat, or taunt anyone because you are trying to be better than the next person, we are all human. In the modern world today there are Black Americans whom are unhappy with themselves. They want to be white and do not want to be black. Now that is something to think about. As I pondered on a panelist who was on the Trisha Goddard Show entitled â€Å"Black Woman Hates Herself and Wants to Be White† she expressed the fact that she wanted to be accepted by the white community. Now she is a black woman wearing a blonde wig and blue contacts to change the color of her eyes. What kind of respect and acceptance is she going to get looking like that, I mean just be yourself. On the Trisha Goddard Show, the question is asked to her, â€Å"What makes you want to change all together?† She tells the host and the audience that she likes what being a white person has

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