May 18, 2009

Dear American Racists of the 21st Century

You live in a country that has regarded blacks as the lowest members of society for hundreds of years.

Until the 1960s, blacks were portrayed in the movies and TV as negative characters not worthy of love, respect, romance, or being considered all-American. No other shade of Americans have been so hated and fear by so-called all-Americans.

Did you hear good things about black people in your household growing up?

How old were you the first time you heard something positive about a black man in general?

Were you born liking certain flavors of ice cream? Pie? Pizza?

Your racism hurts my feelings in ways you probably can't imagine.

I challenge you to take a serious look at my WHITES AND LATINS ONLY photo essay, then I encourage you to take some self reflection to find out why you've written off an entire race of people for love and sex before you've even laid eyes on them.

Were you born liking certain flavors of ice cream? Pizza? Pie? Were you born liking certain flavors of men?