ebony and ivory

Biracial relationships, particularly those between white and black people still manage to be somewhat taboo around here (the south) especially on campus. I know Atlanta is kind progressive with its embracing the homosexual community, but I guess I'm surprised at the somewhat low (to me) number of white/black couples I see and how uninformed (generally) the people of other races on campus at least seem to be about black culture. I guess all they see is the media portrayal of blacks and what "we" are supposed to like. It's refreshing to meet someone of another race who 'gets it.' I have my reasons for saying this, but they're going on another journal.

Let's speak on Black History Month right quick... So, I saw the invitation to the Black Students Luncheon. I'm going to go because it's free lunch, but can I bring someone non-black. I mean isn't the whole point of Black History to inform others about black history? I know I'm black, I've been aware of it for a while. Yes, I should know more about my heritage as an African American, but I don't think the whole point of Black History Month is for all the black people to huddle in a corner and be black. I've just recently started thinking about this a lot. I wish that Black History Month could be a time to focus on healing race relations in our country. Black people are not overtly enslaved anymore, but I don't think that the general non-black American public has any real idea as to just how deeply rooted the repurcussions of slavery have been on our race, especially the black family unit. In many cases is just a cycle of fatherlessness and hard knocks. Many of us here at Tech by the grace of God have been able to rise above this stigma, but there are so many others of us that haven't been extended that blessing. It's just sad. I know that things are changing, but they're really not changing fast enough. But my commenting on it doesn't help anything. I just wish that people could treat each other like the sisters and brothers we really are in Christ.
Posted on 2.19.2006 at 1:41 AM