Hello my name is Byron Thomas and this is something that always gets under my skin. I can’t stand it when people of your race constantly say to you, that other races are not going to look after you like your race will or other races don’t want to see you succeed. For example since I am a Black American, I can’t stand hearing that White Americans don’t really want to see a Black American make it in this country. I’ve lived for 20 years and I can truly say racism has never happened to me. I’m a southerner and I’ve never had a racial encounter with another race. Other races have always been good to me and I’ve always been good to them. Matter of fact its people in my own race that are holding me down and the most negative. But something in my head messes with me when I’m with another race. It’s like I’m expecting a white person to treat me wrong or harm me because of my skin color. It’s like I’m expecting a white person to try and keep me from holding a position of power. It’s like I’m expecting a white person to use the N word toward me (like it’s going to make me mad anyway). It has never happened to me before, but it’s in my mind because people of my race are constantly talking about it. Why can’t I have in my head that we are all equal no matter the skin color? Why do I feel this image of White Americans being at the top and if minorities try to make it there, then White Americans are going to push us back down? I personally have never seen it happen, but I feel it because of what my race constantly warms me about other races. People want to tell me that my white girl friends parents will love me now, but wait until i date one of their daughters and they will turn on me, because my skin color doesn't fit with their standard of someone good enough to date their daughter. It’s just a shame that in 2012 we are still not equal yet. I have to still rely on the government to help me get a job, because apparently I’m not good enough. Apparently White Americans just want to hire other White Americans. Apparently since I’m black someone has to hire me, if they don’t have a lot of minorities. Why can’t the best person get the job regardless of color? It’s not my fault that I’m black and it’s not my opposites’ fault that they are white. I want my resume and hard work to speak for itself, not my skin color. I don't want any help from the government, because I can stand on my own two feet. Everyone has forgotten Dr. Martin Luther King’s Dream of everyone being equal and judged by their character NOT by their skin color. I haven't forgot and I refuse to let it die either. This is a shame America and something needs to change or our future is in trouble. Kill People with Kindness and May God Bless America
@ByronThomas7