Personal Narrative: Racial Profiling Of African Americans

Reading this may make some of you a little uncomfortable, nonetheless it needs to be verbalized! Usually, I don’t post personal business; however, I’ve been sitting on this for some time now. A few months back, I was in-boxed by someone who conceived the notion I was being racially insensitive and/or discriminatory due to the nature of some of my historical posts. The effortless response to this accusation was “If you know me and have known me for decades, that could be furthest from the truth”, however, I had to examine what I have been accused of. Throughout my life my friends were Black, White and Latino, teachers included. But this accusation I had to take seriously.
Growing up, my mother encouraged me to educate myself on African American
I have learned so much more than I can fill this page up with words, but I will end it with this. I learned about great men of color who stood up to the United States government for racial equality, one who refused to go to war, one who worked tirelessly to free slaves and through all of that I am able to type these words with the education that some sacrificed their lives for furthermore I am Proud of my heritage because I am and we are still on the face of this earth. But this does not make me racist, it makes me educated, informed, and to some a threat. I learn to look into each man and learn his intentions, I think we forget or are taught to forget there were people who had little or no pigmentation, that sacrificed themselves to help along the way too. I have great relationships with people of numerous ethnic, and religious backgrounds, therefore, it is difficult for me to completely judge anyone by the color of their skin, even though history suggests I should. I maintain appreciative admiration and gratification for what my ancestors forfeited for me to be able to freely express my thoughts through the stroke of a pen, if that makes me racially insensitive, then I accept that charge. But everyone else who feels the same for what their ancestors sacrificed for them to do the same, should also be charged similarly. If you know me, I mean truly are on familiar terms with me, you know the color of anyone’s covering has no value to me, nor the size of their wallets, I am primarily interested in the individual beneath. People we must shed the manipulation and control your own thoughts. Judge each man by his character or lack thereof! Blacks, Whites, Asians, Indians, Native Americans, Hispanics we all are trying to survive, freedom is ours but those in power keep assassinating our spirits so we can forget what