Can We Just Accept Everyone

Well said Tierra! I loved it when you said "Stop judging others off of things they cannot change. Ultimately, these are spirits we are fighting so we have to know that it's not the people.....We have to unite, support other black businesses. Do your part. Support and uplift one another."

Love what you said. We do need to do better as a society. The United States is a great nation but it's so color focused it's sad from laws implemented differently to comfortably killing people on sight that do not look like you. People sit in church and then treat people differently when interacting with others. Sad.

It's about the content of someone's character. I too get upset when the stereotypes are projected when someone doesn't even fit perception. I can think of receiving food after other people are served that came after me. Places so racist, in the south, that my name didn't sound ethnic therefore the host was confused when I answered to my name to be seated. I wondered why is he acting confused until my friend pointed out the host's confusion when gathering my party for seating. The restaurant host was seating all the African American people with African American servers, all Caucasian's with Caucasian's. Is this America?

What's sad is even when you don't fit the negative stereotypes people still are conditioned to "see you" only one way. Serve you last no matter how nice you are. Talk to you using "ghetto speech" although you have presented yourself with intelligence and class. What's even worse is a group of people conditioned to hate themselves so they treat their own people like garbage and "kiss up" to everyone else. It's so sad. So is going to a museum, trying Korean bbq, eating Sushi, or anything that does not fit the stereotype by the powers that be because you will be treated coldly and made aware that you have violated the norms and must be punished by ostracism.

God has given us all a life and purpose for the time we are here and it's sad to see that people aren't able to look past color and champion a society that is about equal opportunity and rights for all without bias.

It's the person's heart that matters most when engaging with people. Life is too short to be caught up in foolishness.

Unfortunately some people will never look beyond a person's color.

President Obama has college degrees from Columbia and Harvard. He was elected to the U.S. Senate and elected twice as the U.S. President and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize and there are lots of folks who refer to him as "The N-word".

In the eyes and heart of a pure racist there is no amount of education, wealth, fame, or accomplishments that will ever allow them to see a person of color as being anything close to "equal" to them.

In fact they're likely to be angered or feel the world has suddenly turned upside down. The young shooter at the church in South Carolina stated he felt like black were taking over the world. Black people make up less than 13% of the U.S. population!

Some people are very upset with marriage equality laws. Gays and lesbians make up less than 4% of the nation!

Tierra, you spoke the mind of many voiceless people out there.

Anybody who discriminate is suffering from ignorant. And those are the people who doesn't even love themselves.

The creator diversified our race, skin colour etc, so that we can learn to love and tolerate one another.

I love every race and colour and I love my race, I cannot change it even if I can.

The fight against discrimination will continue. Your colour does not make you superior nor does it make you less of a person.

When you are being maltreated because of your colour just remember that you are fearfully and wonderfully made by God, you are beautiful just the way you are!

Peace! - Benny.