Where's The White Voices? Open Your Eyes

1. http://www.newsreel.org/guides/race/whiteadv.htm

THIS IS A LINK TO AN ARTICLE ON RACE RELATIONS

IF I MAY SAY, THAT I NEVER LIVED DURING THE TIMES WHEN THERE WHERE SIGNS ON THE WALLS FOR DESIGNATION BY RACE, SO WHEN I SEE A SIGN OR LETS SAY "BLACK" VOICES I FEEL IT MEANS MEAN BECAUSE PUBLICLY I WAS TAUGHT TO EVEN THOUGH I KNOW WE DO NOT TOLERATE SEGREGATION WE ARE STILL ACCEPTING OF IT..ITS AOLS IDEA
THIS IS A VOICE FOR ME ..MAYBE WE HAVENT GOTTEN OVER IT ENOUGH. THE PAST CAN ENABLE THE FUTURE IF WE CHOOSE TO EMPOWER OURSELVES WITH IT INSTEAD OF LEAVING IT BEHIND AND NOT LAERNING FROM IT

ITS CALLED AN ADVANTAGE

LATINS,ASIANS, WE ALL HAVE OUR OWN THANG

WHY IS A PROBLEM WHEN "BLACKS" AFRO-AMERICANS WANT TO ESTABLISH THEMSELVES..I DONT WONDER..

MO at 10:43AM on Jul 26th 2008

2. I CAN SPELL...WANT, LEARNING

MO at 10:48AM on Jul 26th 2008

3. HERES SOME MORE CLUES

http://racerelations.about.com/od/thehierarchyofrace/a/viewfromclouds.htm

WWW.WHITEPRIVILEGE.COM
http://monkeyfist.com/articles/764

DUH

MO at 10:56AM on Jul 26th 2008

4. I think that some whites must be playing dumb if they claim to not understand why we have our own voices(websites, Ebony, Essence, black organizations). No one complains when there are boys scouts and girls scouts, AARP for older people, magazines for different religions, democrat and republican sites/blogs/papers. I agree mainstream is really a code word for white interpretation/values.

People and groups have the right to view and interpret the world through their eyes. We, as black people, due to our history in this country have a different outlook than most. While others look to July 4th 1776 as a day of independence, we were still in slavery(dependent) and not independant.

Http://brothermustafaa.com

Brother Mustafaa at 1:06PM on Jul 26th 2008

5. I agree with you, and have commented on this on my blog. Popular media currently does not provide a proper outlet for blacks, and this website works to change that. A lot of whites do not realize that the majority of the media they see is created just for them, and that a variety of groups continue to be under represented.

mediahustle.wordpress.com

PS at 6:48PM on Jul 26th 2008

6. White people are able to trace their roots back to their respective countries of origin, should they wish to do so. The majority of black people are unable to do so. All that we know is that we are of African descent, and that we are considered "Black" because that is the most-common phenotype of people of African descent.

White people are able to (and do) create and join organizations based on their country of origin: Guild of Italian-American Actors, German-American National Congress, etc. Since black Americans don't generally know our country of origin, we use what we DO know: the fact that we are black. Thusly we get BET, HBCU, and BV.

Any questions?

Nicole J. Butler at 7:08PM on Jul 26th 2008

7. Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.
--Albert Einstein

I.N.R. at 11:10PM on Jul 26th 2008

8. Carmen Dixon, what a racist article!

I.N.R. at 11:21PM on Jul 26th 2008

9. Black America? White America?
Very Sad. Open your eyes and see the progress. Stop living in the past.

America at 11:27PM on Jul 26th 2008

10. Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything good in the world.
--Helen Keller

T at 1:46PM on Jul 27th 2008

11. I really hate to bring up the pass here, but if Whites/Europeans had not excluded Blacks from the social and political structure in America when this country was created, there would have been no reason for Blacks to start social and political organizations for themselves. You cannot do away with a system that lasted for 200 plus years (slavery) with a system that has only been in place for 40 years (The civil rights Movement.) Time will heal the wounds of slavery and Jim Crow, but Whites cannot continue to ignore/disregard the cries of the wounded(the descendents of slaves) during the healing process.

Joey at 4:12PM on Jul 27th 2008

12. Good Article. white people refuse to admit that white privilege exist and that their opinion is the main stream!

for those of you who have said, "stop living in the past and look at the progress."

Please stop focusing soooo much on progress and look at the long road in front of us and the mounds and mounds of progress that needs to be made. Progress in whose world? Yours or mine? If people are complaining there is normally a reason. Get a clue. Be more tolerant. Appreciate diversity and all that it means. Stop hoping for one world. that's fake and impossible...its our differences that make it all grrreat....lets look for equality and the right to be different!!!

Lauryn at 7:27PM on Jul 27th 2008

13. We have black voices, because as African American people we need an electronic medium or a medium in general to speak out that deals with issues of African Americans. We need to understand that AMERICA is a race conscious society, that steems from White America, not black America. We can't go to white mediums and express our concerns for our problems the same way we can on our own medium. African Americans share a double consciousness, we are Anglo-Africans that have learned American (white) ways and customs. In learning both American and having African customs, we share two worlds as whites do not. This is a challenging facet for African Americans. We need to express our opinions on something that we can call our own, since in the past we didn't have such ability. By the way, the double identity occured during slavery and afterwards. Although we are all Americans, we are DIFFERENT and we look at things differently. But when somethings happens from the outside we unite as one. Bottom line, we will always be seperate in terms of ideals and outlooks and BLACK VOICES is just one way that we are different and that is needed for expression. I HOPE I SPELLED ALL MY WORDS CORRECTLY, JUST IN CASE KRISS TURNER(WRITER OF SOMETHING NEW)READS THIS. BY THE WAY I AM A MARRIED AFRICAN AMERICAN MAN TO A AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN! SORRY KRISS!

willie armstrong at 8:13AM on Jul 28th 2008

14. Time to eliminate the Congressional Black caucus, affirmative action, any reference to race on applications for jobs or education. As long as you willingly segregate yourself from the masses, the longer you will be treated like a separate society. There is nothing wrong with integrating with the rest of the country, you might even find yourselves happier and more prosperous. Drop the Labels.

Tired of poor me attitude at 11:52AM on Jul 28th 2008

15. I like to comment on Black Voices because on the other mainstream blogs no matter what the topic it turns into racist jargon, and I don't even read it. However, on Black Voices in general the comments are topic specific and more intelligent. Lately, I have been spotting more and more comments on here by people claiming to be white but all they can offer the conversation, is more racial talk. I feel white people should be able to give opinions on black voices if they like, but I wish they showed more Intelligence when doing so.

Lena at 12:49PM on Jul 28th 2008