tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post5342846309909389876..comments2024-02-13T01:25:33.947-05:00Comments on The Gods Are Bored: In Honor of December 13: Young Black MenAnne Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15478513906953607043noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-76693305463547956202014-12-14T20:52:07.220-05:002014-12-14T20:52:07.220-05:00What exactly are we overlooking? White guilt, raci...What exactly are we overlooking? White guilt, racism and fear. This unjust state of affairs is about us, not them. As your mini-portraits portray so well, they are just young men like all young men.Debra She Who Seekshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01845703092794695023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-74544961096164194382014-12-13T10:25:57.161-05:002014-12-13T10:25:57.161-05:00Yes! Thank you! If you were born here, if you'...Yes! Thank you! If you were born here, if you're a citizen, you are American. I'm not called Irish-American or German-American. I'm not labeled by the places my ancestors came from. It's such a weird label. Stacyhttp://www.stacymporter.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-83564010334596682892014-12-13T09:31:16.635-05:002014-12-13T09:31:16.635-05:00Truthfully, most African Americans have been in th...Truthfully, most African Americans have been in the US longer than the white people. Africans started arriving in the 1600s. How fair is it that someone who moved here from Germany after WWII is just plain "American?"Anne Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18083739996560380258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-50927757653375478862014-12-13T00:27:13.629-05:002014-12-13T00:27:13.629-05:00prpbably my favorite post of yours..prpbably my favorite post of yours..yellowdoggrannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14906624317290990109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-2174373691090422032014-12-12T21:14:46.978-05:002014-12-12T21:14:46.978-05:00Did you see Raven Symone on Oprah when she said sh...Did you see Raven Symone on Oprah when she said she wasn't African American, she was American? Racism is something I've never been able to understand. We're all the same. We're all living, breathing people.<br /><br />Thank you for this post, Anne.Stacyhttp://www.stacymporter.comnoreply@blogger.com