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Comment in question re: More Africans Enter U.S. Written by Christine , on 01-10-2005 00:22 Who wrote this? He’s delusional. He’s trying to say white people, who make up most of welfare, pedophiles, and have a history and present of violently oppressing other groups share common values with Africans? Please. I understand your stance on promoting interracial dating. I am totally for it and have dated several non-black men, including Korean, European, Moroccan, Pakistani, Hispanic, etc. However, don’t use your eagerness to support that to make ignorant and offensive statements against AFRICAN Americans. You sit from your picket fence and point fingers and African Americans without knowing some really good ones. If you did, you’d know we have some values that are actually more moral and conservative than many white Americans, such as our stance on homosexuality and abortion. I personally don’t have an issue with either, but I do know that some African Americans, based upon their religious beliefs, have an issue with them. I hope Africans don’t buy into that “special Negro” mumbo jumbo you are dishing out, because they’ll be sadly delusioned. I dated a white conservative guy from Montana, and it amazes me, as much as he loved black women, how ignorant he was about the historical and present-day struggles with racism. You don’t have to deal with it unless you happen to date a black woman, so you can’t speak to it, not even to discount it. There is a very strong divide between white and black Americans. Unfortunately, other cultures and ethnic groups are being dragged into it to “choose” black or white. It’s been done with Asians and Hispanics, even those darker than black people and it seems your audacity knows no boundaries in having Africans and Caribbeans choose also. It’s like White Americans want everyone to select them overall. It’s not a competition. Africans can marry both white Americans and African Americans. However, I assure you, most will marry black Americans. Oh, unless the conscious tearing down of African Americans’ image continues. Did you see the two separate photos taken during the first few days after the destruction of Hurricane Katrina? One picture showed white Americans with goods wading through water and said, “Survivors find food.” The other photo was of black people with food wading through water and said, “Looters.” Until white Americans begin to actually see racism as an institutional problem, rather than isolated, individual incidents, how can we truly come to gather as races? As for Africans, you need to learn some things. Many of the immigrants who make it to the UIS are the cream of the crop, the ones with money and even some education. The ones who get left behind in Africa, India, Asia, etc., are the poor. Don’t be absurd in stereotyping all Africans, Asians, and Indians as honest, educated, and hard-working. If you go ABROAD, you’d see fellow countrymen prostituting 3 and 4 year olds to white American and European pedophiles, trafficking women, and engaging in corrupt activities. Nigeria, for example, has been cited as one of the most corrupt countries in the world. So, do you think some of those individuals who are corrupt never make it to the US? Watch the wars in Africa and across the world. The good and bad characteristics, values, stereotypes you try to ascribe to certain groups are BS, because it all comes down to human nature. We are all humans and therefore susceptible to good and bad qualities.