It's a Black Thing

Black people have come a long way since the days of whips and slave chains. Originating from African, as the human race has in general, being sold by their own people, forcefully brought over to the colonies, stripped of their culture, and unwillingly assimilated into the colonial culture that would soon be the United States of America. Hundreds of years later, we find ourselves in the 1960s, where revolutionists such as Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X openly expressed their concerns about the inequality of, not only black people, but all races as a whole. These individuals advocated for the breakthrough of desegregation allowing future generations to eventually become more understanding for their racial counterparts. However, even with these advancements, the desire for equality no longer exists not because it’s been achieved, but because people believe we are all equal and that the ideas of discrimination and racism do not exist, even though they do as seen in the letter entitled My Dungeon Shook. Every day, a black person, or a minority in general, go through the constant feelings that they are not good enough and the opportunity for prosperity isn’t as prevalent for them as it would be for someone who is white. The systems of prosperity, oppression, racism, and classism are not broken though, they were purposely set up that way to ensure inferior races remain inferior and the superior race stays superior.

Culture is defined as the beliefs and customs of a particular society or group. Since the Westernization of the original Africans, the culture of black people has changed drastically, in ways you wouldn’t even think represent the original black culture. Black females wear weaves in order to replicate the idea ...

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..., the misfortune that society is structured the way it is provides little hope for black people. It will continue to be that way until things change, if they ever do. Living a life of oppression takes a toll on some and forces them to succumb to the machine of the system they are expected to be a cog in. Change comes from action. If black people were to unify together and provide enlightenment to one another, instead of trying to out-do each other, as experienced being a black male, the results could be outstanding. To the point where black people would earn the respect of a so-called superior race to the point where they have no choice but to look at us as equal. Until the majority decide that is what they truly want though, black people will continue to be treated as inferior and be frustrated at something they could change if they were to join together to conquer.