i think anyone should be able to be proud of wut nationality they are...i dont got any problem with that. i'm proud to be puerto rican, and no one haz a problem with that. but do i think that puerto ricanz are better than anyone else? no. the minute sumone thinkz that their race or nationality iz better than sumone else'z or that they should get sum special treatment over another, iz the minute i lose respect for them. and racism isnt limited to one race. there'z white racistz yea, but there'z also brown and black racistz too...i see it alot. i also dont believe that, because sumone iz a certain color, that they cant succeed in life without sumone to baby them.
my dad, a brown man, grew up in the wilmington projectz from nuthin. poor az hell, they could only afford to eat alot of the same cheap food most of the time. my dad went to skool illiterate and had to teach himself how to read, cuz his teacherz never helped him. he graduated high skool, workin his ::Dolphin Noise:: off, doing the best he could. by no meanz iz my dad the most intellectual guy around, but on hiz own, he pulled himself up, and now supportz hiz family that respectz him for wut he'z acchieved in life. my dad, who came up from nuthin, made sumthin of himself without help or special treatment from anyone.
my mom, a fair-skinned woman, grew up in inglewood with not much money. going to skool, she waz the target the racism...one of the only lighter skinned gurlz at skool. black and brown kidz alwayz messed with her, and she struggled through that all the way till she graduated. doez she hate blackz or brownz now? well she didnt seem to care that my dad waz brown when she got with him...doesnt phase her that sum of her closest friendz are black. but the point standz...there'z white, brown, and black people that are all guilty of racism. which iz why a person needz to be judged by character, not by skin color. my mom, who suffered racism for half her life, iz the most anti-racist person you'll find.
my friend ron, a black guy, grew up in south LA county, the same area my parentz did, and went to skool, and worked hard. he applied himself, and got real good gradez all through high skool. ron went to college, and got in on hiz own, because he alwayz worked hard and his work ended up paying off for him. he never asked for any special treatment cuz he waz black, and he didnt need any either, cuz anyone that really appliez themself can do wutever they want if they try. u cant limit yourself just cuz you're brown, black, or white...cuz then you're just settin yourself up for failure.
if i waz going to college i wouldnt expect any special treatment from them. actually it would p1ss me off, if they tried to give me special treatment. to me, that'z like saying, "well since you cant handle it on your own, we're gonna help you out and give u a fair chance." wut kinda stupid ::Dolphin Noise:: iz that? if people want real equality, then they'd realize that real equality meanz everyone getz the same opportunitiez and treatment az everyone else. well i'm done for right now.
