In BLACK and WHITE - Un questionnaire donné par Erykah Badu a ses enfants et à leurs amis.
In BLACK and WHITE ,
I asked my children and some of their friends of different ethnicities to Answer these 20 questions:
The children’s answers were interesting.
What say you?
1. Why were Africans brought to the Americas on boats by Europeans?
Mars (age 7) said : to give them make overs? Lol
2. How were Africans treated in America?
3. When did US slavery end?
4. What was the state of “race”
relations in 1940?
5. . What was the state of “race”
relations in 1960?
6. Why were “Americanized” African descendants still discriminated against after they had been “free” from slavery ,in this country, for over 100 years?
7. Name just 4 ways “Blacks”
Were discriminated against by “Whites” between 1970-2016.
8. Why was it necessary for “Blacks” to form organizations to protect themselves from “Whites”?
9. What is racism?
10. Should it be considered “racist” for Blacks to protect themselves from Whites?
11. What can White Americans do to help Black Americans address the “race” vs “privilege” problem.
12. Are Whites more privileged than Blacks, historically, in this country ? How? Why?
13. Does racism still exist?
14. What is the origin of the KKK, skin heads , NRA?
15. What is the origin of the Black Panther Party, NAACP, Nation of Islam?
16. Why do some Blacks hate Whites?
Why do some Whites hate Blacks?
17. Why are Blacks or poorer communities targeted for police arrests?
18. Defined by the constitution of this country, what is Freedom?
19. Is hating or discriminating against another human being for having a different colored skin a natural behavior or learned?
and
Is hating someone for hurting you, just because you have different colored skin, a natural behavior or learned?
20. Do you think we could be headed toward a “race war” in this country ? Why?
How does this make you feel?
Notes :
•Ethnicity is often described as race in this country.
•The majority of the group were convinced that tho there ARE definite injustices committed on people of color, that the people of this country are being manipulated thru their anger and fear, specifically by the media,
to fuel their hatred for one another.
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