Comments on: ‘Barack is Not White, Barack is Not Black’ The Possible Gift in Being Bi-Racial http://themoderatevoice.com/18449/barack-is-not-white-barack-is-not-black-the-possible-gift-in-being-bi-racial/ An Internet hub with domestic and international news, analysis, original reporting, and popular features from the left, center, indies, centrists, moderates, and right Mon, 28 May 2012 17:11:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: brianwill http://themoderatevoice.com/18449/barack-is-not-white-barack-is-not-black-the-possible-gift-in-being-bi-racial/comment-page-1/#comment-125914 brianwill Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:11:13 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/society/minorities/native-americans/18449/barack-is-not-white-barack-is-not-black-the-possible-gift-in-being-bi-racial/#comment-125914 Dear Dr. Estes, <br>I find your story interesting, so much so that I felt an intense need to comment. You must understand that "African Americans" by their cultural and genetic heritage are ALL bi- racial. There is no son or daughter of American slaves that does not possess “White” blood. We both understand that being different is not at the root of the racial and cultural hatred around the globe but the seemingly inability to respect and appreciate those differences. Whites and Blacks were never true enemies but it is the historic shared psychosis of stereotypes of Black intellectual and moral inferiority regardless of skin tone that is shared by both blacks and whites in general . Black people think there's something wrong with them and that's what's wrong with them. When you're in that orientation as a culture it allows you the perverse luxury of blaming others for your own problems which you are responsible to solve. ( if you believe that you’ve never done anything you can never do anything accept follow the example of those who have done everything) “I'm one of the decent Blacks ” etc... <br><br>This split which you articulate so brilliantly, is the nodal reference point by which race relations will heal or remain the same . Dear Dr. Estes,
I find your story interesting, so much so that I felt an intense need to comment. You must understand that “African Americans” by their cultural and genetic heritage are ALL bi- racial. There is no son or daughter of American slaves that does not possess “White” blood. We both understand that being different is not at the root of the racial and cultural hatred around the globe but the seemingly inability to respect and appreciate those differences. Whites and Blacks were never true enemies but it is the historic shared psychosis of stereotypes of Black intellectual and moral inferiority regardless of skin tone that is shared by both blacks and whites in general . Black people think there's something wrong with them and that's what's wrong with them. When you're in that orientation as a culture it allows you the perverse luxury of blaming others for your own problems which you are responsible to solve. ( if you believe that you’ve never done anything you can never do anything accept follow the example of those who have done everything) “I'm one of the decent Blacks ” etc…

This split which you articulate so brilliantly, is the nodal reference point by which race relations will heal or remain the same .

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]]> By: RememberNovember http://themoderatevoice.com/18449/barack-is-not-white-barack-is-not-black-the-possible-gift-in-being-bi-racial/comment-page-1/#comment-125913 RememberNovember Tue, 18 Mar 2008 15:00:02 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/society/minorities/native-americans/18449/barack-is-not-white-barack-is-not-black-the-possible-gift-in-being-bi-racial/#comment-125913 Dr. Estes, if Joe is the heart of TMV, you are indeed the soul. Your columns are thought-provoking and compassionate. Thank you for bringing sense to an insensate world. Dr. Estes, if Joe is the heart of TMV, you are indeed the soul. Your columns are thought-provoking and compassionate. Thank you for bringing sense to an insensate world.

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