I know its talked about over and over again but that's something that AA's live with daily and no matter how much money and comments you might throw at the issue its not going to go away.
Originally Posted by deltadog
I think this sentence says it best. This subject is talked about repeatedly (three threads on first page of coed forum alone as of right now). I think the part that frustrates me is each thread preaches the evils of providers not seeing AA men or clients not wanting to see providers that do. It isn't going to change... People have their beliefs whether politically correct or not. A thread on an internet board complaining about it won't fix anything.
I would love for everything to be equal. We've come along way as a country and maybe someday it will be that way, but it isn't today. I truly feel bad for the well read, educated, employed, black men because you have accomplished what a lot of your peers haven't. We have uneducated, worthless white people as well that are just as prone to violence, drugs, etc...
Stereotypes don't apply to everyone, but stereotypes are there for a reason. Not all black men are pimps, they aren't all hung like horses (they'll disagree
), and if they drive a nice car, they aren't always a drug dealer or an athlete. I admit, if I see a black guy dressed like a thug with his pants hanging low or he has more gold in his mouth than the U.S. treasury, I'm going to treat him differently than the well dressed, well spoken man. I don't apologize for this because it's a choice he made and falls into the thug stereotype.
I've been to Europe, S. America, and Africa where black men don't dress or act that way and they are considered more like peers to other parts of the population. I've rambled, but the bottom line is help change these stereotypes by showing these thug men that to get ahead in this world, education and appearance play a major roll.