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In reply to the discussion: Quick Question... Why should black people love white people? [View all]one_voice
(20,043 posts)I lived in a predominately black area (it was about 65/35) at the beginning of busing. So it was brown skinned people--black and hispanic that lowered the walls to me first. Eventually the white folks did too.
One of my first best friends was a Muslim. I still remember her. Her name was Amira. She wore the headscarf and the full skirt (sorry I know those aren't the correct names) and she was an outcast. The tow of us were quite a pair...a little white girl and a black Muslim. Her mom got such a kick out of that. LOL..
Down the street from where I lived there was this huge house and multiple Muslim families lived there. Lots of kids. They opened their home to us--me and my siblings, man we had so much fun there. See here's another reason I can't do the group hate thing. All the Muslims I grew up knowing were kind to me and my family.
I'm watching Sharpton right now and the young man from UVA that was roughed up/beat by the cops is being talked about. His lawyer just read a statement. Part of it said--paraphrasing the young man here: I will have the scars for a while and I will have distrust, but I will also remember that this was just two cops and that can't be more than the community we've built here. And the support I've had....
I was like yes--that's it exactly.
As I said in my first response, I think Ms. Banks needs to find some inner peace. Living with all this hate is not the way to do that.