posted on Aug, 28 2007 @ 12:45 PM
Some of you need to get out of the little box. The USA is not the world.
I live in Puerto Rico for my 26 years, we have blacks, white and natives a BIG melting pot and NO there is not a single bit of racism. So whoe ever
says that we are program since birth to be racist, I dont buy it. Many countries in the Amercan continent have mix populations I been to many of them
and racism is not a problem, there problems are more about poverty and corruption that plagues them, but is equal for all people of all races.
The enviroment that surrounds the person is the root of the problem. I been thinking ever since I move out to the US what can be the root of this huge
divide between races and I have come to the conclusion that it was not slavery, all the colonies in this continent had practice slavery and you dont
see the same problem, IMO opinion the problem was SEGREGATION, the US was the only country to apply segregation right after the abolishment of slavery
making black people second class citizens. In PR we went from slavery to citizens, free man in all the sense of the word, and may be the Spaniards and
Portuguese people did not saw black people as a pest, like the Anglos at that time did. Is not about race cause Spaniards and Portuguese are white
too. See where Im going with these.
The Anglos have always seen themselves as a superior race, since way back then, and they came here with the same attitude and perpetuated the same for
centuries, they kill the natives, they brought blacks later to make them 2nd class citizens I mean, thats what I can see.
Now going back to the enviroment thing, Im in the military, I see people from all places from the US, this kid got to my base like 1 month ago. White
kid, from Texas we where taking a break from some combat skill training and he is talking about how excited he is because he is going to Jamaica and
then he says this : " Yeah I heard there is only blacks in Jamaica that kind sucks, but I least they are good people from what I heard", now do I
think this guys is racist, NO, for starts he is talking to me and I'm a black hispanic puerto rican, do I think that the enviroment that he grew up
has affected him in the way he sees african american, absolutely no doubt.
Me personally, Im not a racist never have an ill thought to any person, only stupid people from any race drives me nuts. So no I dont think all people
are racist, just get out from this little box a travel a little and you will see what I mean.
Peace!
[edit on 28-8-2007 by Bunch]
[edit on 28-8-2007 by Bunch]