“It’s because I’m black”. This phrase is so overused. How can you blame something based off the color of your skin? It is not your skin color that defines you. It is your attitude and how you present yourself.

Our ancestors and our grandparents should be the only generation to claim that they were persecuted solely based on the color of their skin. In the past they were denied simple liberties based only on the color of their skin. Since when were you denied something because of that?

You are denied things because of how you speak, because you are belligerent, because you are ghetto. Because you carry yourself like a bumbling fool, thugging it out for popularity. Our ancestors did not die and were not enslaved for countless numbers of years for our community to be in shambles the way that it is today. Our ancestors did not die so that we could kill each other, rob from each other, steal from each other, and then turn around and blame it on the police.

What happened to the sense of community that used to be belong to the African American society? I will not say that I am any different, and that I do not have my own flaws when it comes to these imperfections. However, I do know how to distance myself from the level of ignorance and stupidity that seems to have befallen my fellow brethren.

When was the last time that you heard Jewish people still screaming about being oppressed? They were persecuted by the Nazis and damn near eradicated because of some Aryan plot made by Adolf Hitler. They were FORCED to burn the bodies of their weak, of their babies and children, and made to live in concentration camps while they were experimented on. Still they find hope even in desolation, and not once have you ever heard them proclaim “It’s because I’m Jewish”.

You most also understand that the African Americans that are present today come from a line of backstabbing Africans. Do not blame the white community for our own mistakes. Why can we not as a community take responsibility for our shortcomings and learn and grow from them?

This all goes back to the start of slavery. I hope you are aware that Africans sold out each other to white people in exchange for gold and other payment. They were considered savages for selling out other tribes. 

So before you try to yell to the “white man” that we were better off in Africa, why not instead try to reclaim whatever dignity we have left.

I feel the need to express myself beyond the character limitations that twitter offers.

I am confused as to why people feel the need to involve themselves in the middle of someone else’s business. It is a general understanding that twitter is for entertainment, correct? So why does everyone feel the need to constantly pass judgement on something that everyone else is doing?

If someone wants to tweet a certain way, than so be it. Why does it matter to you how someone acts as if they are or are not in a relationship on twitter? I was unaware that relationships had to be verified through the twitter servers. Has society really gotten to the point where people must include a detailed description of their significant other in their twitter bios, and dedicate a minimum of at least ten tweets a day to this person?

Are you in a relationship with this person? So why does it matter to you personally what their significant other tweets or says on a SOCIAL NETWORKING site. That defeats the purpose of having a twitter because that is EXACTLY what it is for: NETWORKING. I never feel the need to put myself in the middle of a friends relationship unless their partner is abusive or cheating. It is not my concern unless they make it my concern.

I am confused as to why it is okay for people to tweet and be slutty, but because you’re in a relationship, you can’t tweet like you’re single. At the end of the day, if you were really someone’s friend they wouldn’t have to explain anything to you. And if you DO have an issue with something, address the issue off of twitter. I thought that maybe we are all adults, but I could be mistaken.