today i'm gonna talk about race and education. and, yes, by race i mean black people..lol.
becaussseeeee, since i graduated, a lot of people have been telling me that i've accomplished so much because i'm an african american female that graduated from high school and is on my way to a good college with no babies or anything holding me back. thanks for the congrats and all, but there's something about that that makes me think a lot.
like, why is it that this has to be such an accomplishment? graduation is an accomplishment for anybody, i think, but, honestly, where i come from [meaning my school], graduating just makes you part of the crowd. it's an average, annual occurance that isn't that big a deal. but maybe, in retrospect, it is that big of a deal.
some people don't get this opportunity; a lot of people don't have it as easy as me. but let's focus on the african american community specifically.
many black people like to sit back and talk about what they don't have and how they're being held back from attaining the finer things in life or whatever. a lot of the time, when people think "black" their minds automatically go to "the hood" or something along those lines. i think that's because the majority of black people can and do relate to that image of such a "lifestyle". i don't want to flat out say that my people are lazy, but, i mean, i don't quite understand why so many of us are doing so poorly in school and on tests, and, in the long run, barely getting by in life, and not doing anything about it. it's not because we're stupid. hell, i got a 29 on the ACT, no studying, no prep, and it was the first time i took it. we're not idiots. i understand, some people may be a different type of smart, but that's not everybody. and it doesn't have to be. and a lot of people don't seem to understand that. i get tired of hearing people say, i can't go to college, i'm broke and i'm not smart and this that and the other.. look here.. community college is nothing to be ashamed of. if anything, they're more willing to help you than bigger colleges across the country. either way, so many colleges and universities are willing to hand out money to people, you just have to get up and ask for it. you can't sit on your ass and expect the world to give you handouts all the time. all you really need is a high school diploma and you can at least get a job. don't expect to make it as a basketball or football player or a big time rapper. that doesn't always work. what if you get injured? what are you gonna do with your life then? how are you gonna support your kids? [i won't say family, because there aren't enough men who are man enough to marry one of their babies mommas...sorry if that was rude...lol] and, i'm sorry, you may have the support of your friends and family, but not everybody is gonna like your music. prime example: soulja boy. he's a kid. he was hot for a little minute. truth be told, he sucks. all his music sounds the same. pretty soon, people are gonna be tired of hearing the same stuff. what does he have to fall back on when all of that is gone? don't drop out of high school to pursue music unless you know for certain you have something to fall back on.
[get ready for this. you knew slavery was about to come up eventually...lol]
our ancestors didn't get shipped, whipped, and slaved over to this place, and work their asses of to get the freedom they deserved for their children's children's children to let it all go to waste. generations upon generations ago, people were working and making sure they showed everybody else they deserved the rights, privelages, and freedom they got after so many years of going through shit for lazy mf's who couldn't make their own damn money. [did i say that?] but at the rate we're going, we don't deserve anything anymore. we're taking advantage of welfare payments, and we don't want to work for anything because we're too comfortable with not doing anything and getting that little bit of change we get just to get by. and white people are not keeping us down. we're keeping ourselves down. nobody wants to get up and do anything. i mean, you see all these other minorities all over the place. [forgive me if the following statements seem a bit racist... =/ ] i see hispanic and latino people all over the place, cutting grass, selling ice cream and churros, cleaning up after trifiling people who don't how to clean up after themselves... and who does your nails and sells you your weave? certainly not deja or lil boo boo from down the street. no, it's ming ming and her father. [sorry..]
whether or not they get that diploma, they're still working their asses off, getting they're money and making sure they earn their place in this country. we don't have it any easier now that we have a black president. things are the same. he's not changing stuff for just us, he's trying to change things for the betterment of the entire country. if anything, he is a prime example of why we should be working even harder as a race. if we want another black president, it won't be ray ray unless ray ray gets off his ass, stops "hustling" and takes his ass to school and learns some laws and how to articulate his words.
people always want the world to change, but won't get up and try to change it themselves. they sit and wait and hope someone else will do it. i'll do my part, but i really would like to see more people get up and do for themselves. no, i'm not saying this applies to EVERY black person. but there are too many that this does apply to. and i wish someone would reach out and tell somebody something.
"we gotta do betta!" lol
peace love and chicken grease y'all. :P
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