What Is Wrong With Being Black?

In the past years the state of the Black person globally has become paramount on my mind. I have observed that wherever Black people are, whether it is Australia – among the Aborigines, Africa, Europe, Latin America, the Caribbean, or North America, we seem to belong at the bottom of the pile, or the bottom of the pyramid, economically, socially, physically, mentally, etc. It makes one ask several questions:
What is responsible for these 2,000 years of “Black backwardness”?
Why do we seem to fail even where we are in the majority?
Is the Black man victimized; and is he a victim of his own circumstances, pathologies, or of other people’s opinions and decisions?
Have Blacks always been this way?
Are we descended from “Kunta Kinteh” or from kings?
If Blacks are not cursed, what did they do to deserve almost 2,000 years of oppression, lack, etc?
What is responsible for Africa being the richest continent and yet inhabited by the poorest people?
If Black means only one sixteenth of skin, why are Blacks un-able to overcome the “victimitis” or pressure that comes with it?
Is there a conspiracy to keep Blacks at the bottom?
Why do Black nations constitute the biggest borrower nations?
If Blacks are not cursed, is their land cursed?
Africans are religious by nature, and where they have become Christians they have been committed. Why are they still not making progress?
Why is there such a gap between White dominated and Black dominated nations?
What are the pathologies responsible for the state of Blacks in different settings?
Can there be healing to the atrocities committed against Blacks in the past?
Some African nations have the highest number of educated citizens, yet Africa in modern times has not contributed significantly to discoveries or inventions.
What is the future of the Black person?
If there is a future, what is the key to that future?
When will the Black man’s day of manifestation come?

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spot on, oga siena. you can only be made inferior with your consent. if i say i'm not inferior, then i'm not inferior. i come from a poorer country,yes, but i'm not inferior. i don't need to read that post either

Hey Darfur, long time! 

How's things your stingy end? 

the problem with being black is unity, in fighting amongst each other is the reason the whites suceeded in knowing where the path in the bush were from the riverbank to carry black people away in chains
in fighting is the reasons why 30% of all slaves taken away passed through and with the connivance of the efiks in nigeria
in fighting is how they colonial masters suceeded with the divide and rule plaguing africa till date
same thing in america afro american against africans e.t.c
if we could learn to be united we would conquer the world and be even more powerful than pharaoh was

EXPONENT and Hero, and just maybe little sis SeanT, are what's wrong with being black


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That's whats wrong with being black.  Too many CRABS around to pull you back down.



Black is opposite of WHITE.

White is RULING the world.

They hate black, don't worry yourself.  They will obliterate the planet.

You raise several interesting points, MP007.  Let's take a look at a few, shall we?
I trust that you will allow me to emphasize certain points.  I don't think that any one group "belongs" at the bottom with respect to any of the areas you note.  Why?  Because none of those designations or situations is dependent or contingent upon being Black (in this case). 

Yes, Blacks have been victimized, both of their own circumstances as well as those of others.  Blacks have NOT, however, been victimized because of pathological differences.  Such differences do NOT exist in any manifestation which would allow such occurences, as has been determined in repeated studies. 

We are the descendents of both, just as any other people are.  No society ever allowed and no culture ever produced exclusively kings or slaves.  There has always been, is and shall always be persons of "greater" and "lesser" standing among a people.  And, let's not forget that there is no shame in being descended from slaves.  After all, it was slaves who built the United States from a fledgling nation to one of the most powerful countries the world has ever known.  And their descendents are still going strong, but now in other "fields."  The financial field.  The political field.  The entertainment field.  And the list goes on.

To suggest that a land or a people are cursed is to suggest a conspiracy.  Even the weakest conspiracy theory needs some evidence, and in this case, there is none.

This assumes (and, with no disrespect to the faithful, it does so wrongly) that Christianity--or any other religion--is the sole solution to the issues.  How, then, are China and India, for example, overcoming their respective situations and raising their standards of living, as well as their economies overall?

The past must never be forgotten, but one cannot dwell upon it too much.  When driving a car, one occasionally uses the rear-view mirrors, but one mostly looks ahead.  We do that not so much to see where we're going, but to determine where we want to go.  Healing occurs at its own pace. 

The future of Blacks is now and it's what we choose to make of it.  Blacks everywhere have a heritage of cultural, intellectual and artistic richness that is, truly, second to none on the planet.  It all started in Africa because Man, himself, started in Africa. 

My apologies for the length of this post, but before closing I wish to address your initial question:  What's wrong with being Black, you ask?  Not a thing, my friend.  Not a thing.   

I love asians too but Be happy with Ya self.

I do love being an Asian but I don't like being a Malaysian Chinese. Because we don't have rights here but its all good still

My next life? Being a Black 

I love being black

Is it your mother or your father that is black?

  Cool it hon  i think the dude (Mpele) sud jus be ignored. . . u jus givin him what he wants

MPELE , YOU HAVE A PROBLEM  PLEASE LOOK FOR A GOOD DOCTOR, POSTER @ THERE IS NOTTHING WRONG OF BEING BLACK ONEDAY WE WILL BE THE HEAD.

L0L@ this mpele of a wimp!

@ topic, you tell me.

Nice posts @ drrionelli

@chiogo:
Thank you for your kind words!  I realize that the post was rather lengthy, so I'm certainly appreciative that you took time to peruse it.

I might have thought that this thread would have continued somewhat, as I'm sure that there is, indeed, much more to be said about the topic.  In fact,  I'D like to read some more input, either pro or con.  Much more needs to be discussed about this, so let's see what can be come up with!

Nothing really, it comes with alot of challenges though. i am a darkie and i love my skin colour 

nothing do us