An open letter to the black community of VGC

[CosmicSex]

PSintend0 said:

CosmicSex said:
I'm black and I can tell you that there is no such thing as "how black people act". We are people just like everyone is people and are as varied as any other group of people out there. Thats one of the coolest things about being black is that you can be or act however you want. Black people are more accepting of others. We permeate all cultures. We don't all get along. We are smart. We study all different subjects. We have the biggest Ds (lol). We are awesome students. We are awesome athletes. We are competitive. We work very hard. We can be lazy. We have the best sex. We love to dance. We don't bake as fast in the sun. We can be summon aggression on a level you can only dream of. We run the spectrum from gangster to President. Some of us have issues. Some of us struggle but we are in general repulsed by ignorance. Being black is awesome! Yes there is historical hardships and reasons to be upset with being black (like not having any ancestry if you are American) but all in all I wouldn't want to be anything other than what I am.

Are you being serious or joking? First you say that there is no such thing as "how black people act" and that black people are just like everyone else, but then you start to list those things like "black people are more accepting of others".

Black people have darker skin. Thats all that there really should be. Skin color is skin color. Nothing more, nothing less.

Problem is not that people see that someone has darker skin, but all of the generalizations that they make based on that. People should be more vary of generalizations directed at things like skin color,gender, amount they play games, eye color, religion, nationality or sexual orientation. Even if there statistically some truth in some of the generalizations, people are still individuals and statistically differences are mostly between individuals and not between groups.

Treating  people the same despite of their sexual orientation or gender is easier than treating people with different skin colors or religions the same. The effects of discrimination based on skin color/religion are passed down and that makes it more difficult. I don´t know how for example US can solve that problem.

'How Black People Act' was a response to the OP saying that he used to have a negative connotation about how black people acted.   My list was meant to show the diversity in perspective of black folks.  There is no one way that we act (This can obviously be applied to any people with any color skin).   

How much context do I need to provide to satisfy you.  Nothing I said was wrong.  I can't stop you from perceiving me or my words in a negative light regardless of my intentions.  The key to overcoming hatred (color, sex, religion) is the same thing as getting over fear of one another.  Period.  And simple.  A common tactic of those seeking power is to insight fear in a group to break it up.  Once people realize what is happening to them they can begin to combat it.  Most black people that I know understand what racial discrimination feels like so we are more accepting of people in general.  We don't want to perpetuate the same hurt that is projected at us.  Its mind control too.  When you let people tell you how to think and who to hate, it should immediately trigger suspicion.