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Why is it that wherever you go, black folks are always struggling. Boy, this is soooooooooo sad.
This shows that we must unite, we must organize, we must build a partnership, Black folks in the U.S. and Brazil have shared interest, and it is power in numbers… we must teach the youth about their culture to feel proud also to become active.
I really appreciate being able to take a glimpse into the life and cultures of afro-brazilian people. I think one thing that the people in power in brazil should really take a into account is what makes Brazil so beautiful. It’s the people, black people, mixed people, at least to me just looking at the people in the movie they all 99% of this looked like they had different variations of different races in them. No body looked just black, white, indain, spanish, or portugese. That’s what draws people to Brazil in my eyes, the some of everything in one
I believe that people of all color should stop thinking that they are something special because of their color. The black think they are oppressed by the white, the white might think the are something better and therefore deserve whatever. NO, first of all start respecting yourself, your family and neighbors. Work together to achieve something, be it improving the neighborhood, be it a better learning atmosphere at school.
Public schools in Brazil have a bad reputation, why is it? I believe it is because people do not respect each other, for whatever reason. If you would respect each other you would not fight each other, nor steal from each other, nor bully other people and so on. If you respect each other you immediately would have an atmosphere were everybody has a chance. It does not take much to become a good student. You do not need that fancy computer, dvd’s and so on. The most import thing is your willingness to study, to learn, to experience things.
I grew up in East-Germany under the communist regime, and there people were a community, helping each other. Yes it was out of economic necessity, but they were helping each other. Students that fall back in class where helped by classmates after school. This fostered a system in which only a few were falling behind. And none of us had fancy school material or a computer at all.
Today, everybody things he deserves a place to study at a university, but why should you deserve one if you have not shown dedication and will to study by that time. You most certainly do not deserve one based on your skin color or social status. You did not study well, because you either did not wanted to learn, or your family and intermediate community failed to teach you that you can achieve something in life by learning.
Education is, in my opinion, the key to an great society. One without discrimination, but people have to start with themselves and get an education at school and by themselves.
The poison continues. I saw it coming. If I create something that excludes a person, people, group base on how they look, then I can expect something like this;however, if I create something that is inclusive from the start I maybe have to worry about it as much. So in real life you have rich, poor etc in every group.
If an elite school exist where there is 90% light skinned then de facto you create an elite school where there is 90% dark skinned.
These are all concepts from the U.S. What is White and Black? They don’t exist. The young lady mentioned Portuguese, Indian, African…These terms are more to the point. Be the best of yourself. Just because someone tries to exclude you, don’t allow that to stop you from gettting busy. It does not stop me.
I believe the AA based on ethnicity is the right move. If you were to base it solely on economics, then the powers that be(whites) wld still discriminate based on skin color: poor whites or close to it would be elevated above blacks, esp the dark skinned Blacks. The govt and society @ large has proven by their lack of black representation in the gov’t, colleges (student body and teaching), et al sectors that it cannot be trusted to hire w/o biasness. They (whites) have had decades to correct the problem of their own volition but chose not to do so. Now it must be a law. What gets me is that whites have had AA since they came to the Brazilian shores,but their was so powerful, it did not have to be written into law. Look at their gov’t: 95% white, yet the Black population is over 53% of the total Brazillian population. Also, Whites are now claiming tha AA is unfair to them,yet they still would hold the MAJORITY, but are complaining that they will not have the VAST MAJORITY. If AA is unfair to whites, then the status quo is grossly unfair to blacks who had to put up w/the system for centuries. When you make it tougher on others, then it will become tough for you. What goes around comes around.
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To Wayne C. Robinson….are you saying that no matter the attacks from those with power, no matter if those attacks are overt or covert, within an institution or within a culture or family those who are being oppressed can achieve as much as those who are oppressing?
I agree that Blacks should dream, aspire and achieve all that is possible and suffer or enjoy the fruits of their actions, but if obstacles are placed in the way by those with power and hate in their hearts what actions are left to the oppressed, they must fight for their rights to be awarded according to their achievements. Actions of hate are criminal and should be punished accordingly.
It seems that you are saying the Jews during the German oppression of WWII should have used these tools you speak of or the many black slaves could have done the same and that no matter the systematic hate targeted towards a group it is that group’s responsibility to overcome it. You are saying that the oppressor has no responsibility and those held accountable for the oppressors efforts are the oppressed.
Blacks have a responsibility, just as all people have a responsibility to move within a society according to their efforts, but conversely society has a responsibility to make an effort to abolish hate that may hinder the free movement of a people.
It seems that you are seeking to justify the “tangible” actions of those who dislike a person based on the color of his/her skin, no matter how you view your argument it comes down to just one issue; let those who want to hate and act on that hate continue without compunction and blame the target of that hate for any ill effect that may arise.
You sir are as guilty as the oppressor.
I show this film in class as it prompts an extraordinary conversation. How can I have continued access, as the full film does not seem to be available??