Sunday, January 24, 2010

Unity Amougst All?

Blacks,Latinos,& Native Americans are all correlated in more ways then one. When you look back at the history behind the conquest of the Spanish and the enslavement & slaughter of Native people & their land, note the similarities in how we worked as communities to over come that oppression placed on them by foreigners.Now, when we look at communities of these cultures they all function in similar ways. The dialect between the individual groups represent their own way of communicating. The Latinos use different forms of Spanish to communicate within their respective neighborhoods and communities. for example the slang that Puerto-Ricans use vs. they way Dominicans talk or even Mexicans. Blacks, although are native language has been displaced still have found a way to communicate using Ebonics & slang relative to the areas in which we live in. The lingo used in New York varies much different then that of groups of Blacks in DC or Atlanta. Native Americans Speak the language of their tribes & use them to communicate with the spirits. Even the foods & the culture of Blacks,Latinos,& native Americans are very unified. Unfortunately, although we are all victims of oppression from others we don't see these similarities as a reasoning for attempting to all come together as one and share our cultures & languages. But because we have been so displaced and taught to hate those who are unlike us we keep out the ones that closely relate to us. If these three groups could come together with their skills and ability to survive hard times they could own and run the world. If only they would work together instead of placing racial & cultural barriers against each other we could fight for better schools, better jobs, & better communities.

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  1. I love the positive outlook you place on the similarities between each minority. It is true that if we all worked together, much more would be accomplished. If there were more sense of unity, then the cultural barriers that do exist between the minorities, would not be as bold. True, we're not all unified just yet, but one day it can happen.

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