The only color that matters is green

Crazy Thought of the Day:

Race really isn't the issue.. it's money.

I'm watching the movie Titanic, and although there are numerous themes in this movie that make me think (especially the devastating thoughts about true love and how I desperately need a Jack Dawson in my life), but one thing that stood out as I watch it for the 56th time... is class based on economic standings.

It normally upsets me when I continue to see people in the Black community obsessed with trying to become white. Not necessarily blatantly, but subconsciously. This can include anything from dressing the way they dress, to perming our hair straight to bleaching cream. It pisses me off how in almost everything we do we are trying to get on "their level".. But what I'm coming to realize is that we aren't really trying to be White. We are trying to be what White stands for.

We are materialistic and all about making money, which is how a vast amount of White people are seen. If all White people were poor and raggedy, I'm pretty sure we wouldn't want to be White. What we want are the luxuries and freedoms we see wealthy Whites represent. Blacks in America have never been the wealthy, because we began here as slaves. We want to be masters. We see Whites floating through life with their Louie bags and Polo shirts, sipping Chardonnay on yachts seemingly without a care in the world. THAT is what I believe we are searching for. We could give a damn about their pale skin color that reddens and peals in the sun.

I believe if we could all afford the luxuries of life, then skin color wouldn't matter. Watching the Titanic, the first-class people treated the people of the third-class like they weren't human; like their lives didn't matter; like how Blacks were viewed in times of slavery. The mother, while boarding the life boat, asks, "Will the lifeboats be seated by class?". Snobbery in the face of an epic disaster. Now, had their been Blacks on the Titanic.. the poor third-class whites (who have been mistreated by the wealthy) would use this same mistreatment towards Black people even though wealthy Whites wouldn't care for either of them (unless the Blacks had money). Race gave poor Whites something to feel good about themselves and oppress others. Why do you think most members of the KKK reside in rural, lower income areas full of "rednecks"?

Immigrants were treated horribly when they first came to the United States because they were 1) different, 2) broke, and 3) had no foundation in the New World. But if they'd had been rich Kings or Queens, the word "immigrant" wouldn't have meant anything.

And in all actuality, some of the things we attach to the stigma of White people is as stereotypical as those applied to other races, except in a more positive light. The wealthiest people in any country: India, China, France, Brazil, Canada, wherever, all probably act more similar to one another than they do a poor person of their same nationality. So when people say to someone, "Why you talkin' so White?" what does that really mean?

We can assume (from pre-existing stigmas) that they are probably speaking with big words, lots of pronunciation, and of topics that stem from: a good education.

So White equals good education? No.

How do you receive a good education? Money.

People don't want to be White, they want to be Rich.

Blacks have become more White in their actions strictly based on their current obsession with achieving wealth and addiction to materials that signify the accomplished wealth. I say that this is based on European influence simply because the original nature of Africans was purely spiritual. Life was based on harmony with nature, family, community and love. Items were swapped through trade, not money.

We need to change what it means "to be" White or Black or anyother color or ethnicity. Why does being Black/ African-American mean "poor, uneducated, gangster, live in ghetto, likes rap music"? And how can we change our definition?