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Op-Ed: Why I Don’t Plan to Raise My Black Children in the US
21 Ninety ^ | Nov 2023 | Aysia Morton

Posted on 03/16/2024 3:26:05 PM PDT by where's_the_Outrage?

As a Black woman living in the United States, the prospect of becoming a parent one day is both exciting and terrifying. The world offers endless possibilities and opportunities, but ignoring the challenges and harsh realities that disproportionately affect Black and Brown communities is impossible.

Unfortunately, there’s no escaping the pigment of your skin and the pervasive sting of systemic racism and racial discrimination. This reality exists across the globe. Altogether, every country is affected, as countries of color are taken hold by colorism. Comparatively, there’s something sinister about American racism. Even European countries, the OG colonizers, look at us incredulously.

Here are some reasons why I won’t be raising my future Black children in the United States.

Gun Violence in America

Poor Education Systems

Disparities Harming Black Communities

Considering the Future

This decision is rooted in love and the desire to provide children a safer, more equitable, and nurturing environment. But this conversation should go beyond individual choices and focus on collective and community efforts. Can the U.S. work towards positive change and make the world a better place for our future kids to thrive? In the end, it’s about doing what’s best for our children and future children and ensuring that they have the opportunities and support they need to lead fulfilling lives.

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Conspiracy; Society
KEYWORDS: aysiamorton; black; crt; guncontrol; racism
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

try Zimbabwe...


101 posted on 03/16/2024 4:54:31 PM PDT by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Did this whiny negress mention the little white girl getting her head bashed in by one of her species?

Or the violent crimes and which species is committing the vast majority of them?


102 posted on 03/16/2024 4:58:09 PM PDT by doorgunner69 (When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Honey, if don’t vote for Joe, you ain’t black, and your kids aren’t black either. And you ain’t black if you don’t stay here on the Rat’s plantation, and vote DemoRAT. Ten to One, unless you settle your ass in Africa, the person running the country you do land in, ain’t going to be black.


103 posted on 03/16/2024 4:58:45 PM PDT by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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To: HartleyMBaldwin
Japan is a very nice country where, if you remember that you are a guest and make an effort to fit in, is quite a pleasant place to live.

I don't think this lady will make the effort but she might surprise me.

I wish her the best, some place else.

104 posted on 03/16/2024 4:58:45 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear ( Roses are red, Violets are blue, I love being on the government watch list, along with all of you.)
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To: rovenstinez

What was the goal of the back-to-Africa movement?
In 1816, white abolitionists and slaveholders formed the American Colonization Society (ACS) in Washington, D.C. The groups disagreed fundamentally on slavery and the role of African Americans in American society, but they were united by the goal of resettling freed African Americans in Africa
From explorepinebluff.com (because of ties to Pine Bluff, Arkansas)

Summary of the history:

Spoiler:
The eventual disillusionment of those who migrated to the North and the frustrations of struggling to cope with urban life set the scene for the back-to-Africa movement of the 1920s, established by Marcus Garvey.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Back-to-Africa_movement#:~:text=The%20back%2Dto%2DAfrica%20movement,slaves%20to%20the%20African%20continent.


105 posted on 03/16/2024 5:11:14 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls.)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Good luck. All those issues she names are caused predominately by blacks. Black leaders in the USA have become rich off the backs of blacks. Using them as useful idiots. Black on black crime is one of the biggest issues facing the black community.


106 posted on 03/16/2024 5:16:30 PM PDT by Jonny7797
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Can she take some more ingrates with her also?


107 posted on 03/16/2024 5:17:56 PM PDT by SeafoodGumbo
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

I wish you a fond adieu, Aysia, and, in your efforts to protect your future children from “colorism,” recommend that you raise your children in some place like the Congo, thus “ensuring that they have the opportunities and support they need to lead fulfilling lives.”

Keep in touch.


108 posted on 03/16/2024 5:18:20 PM PDT by SharpRightTurn (“Giving money & power to government is like giving whiskey & car keys to teenage boys” P.J. O’Rourke)
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To: nopardons

Perfect solution. Haiti is great and getting greater every day. Bunch of peaceful Blacks there, nothing like Minneapolis.


109 posted on 03/16/2024 5:22:32 PM PDT by Veto! (FJB Sucks Rocks)
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To: fabjr60

Don Draper is right, plus he rocks.


110 posted on 03/16/2024 5:23:36 PM PDT by Veto! (FJB Sucks Rocks)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

time until she runs back to the US after discovering how everywhere else is 10 times worse..

3..2..1..


111 posted on 03/16/2024 5:25:00 PM PDT by TexasFreeper2009
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To: Veto!
ROTFLMSO!

We should all chip in and buy her a one way ticket there!

112 posted on 03/16/2024 5:25:10 PM PDT by nopardons
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To: Robert DeLong
She's too damned STUPID and RACIST to believe that, if told, and too dumb to figure that out for herself; sadly.

The kiddos were here for a week; we had a good time, but are now exhausted!

Hope that all is well with you & yours!

113 posted on 03/16/2024 5:28:38 PM PDT by nopardons
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

I’ve heard Haiti is nice this time of year. Lots of fellow victims there to bond with.


114 posted on 03/16/2024 5:29:00 PM PDT by Fireone (Who killed Obama's chef?)
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To: nopardons

There are always the pluses & the minuses, but the pluses always win in the final analysis, after the exhaustion fades away. 🙂👍


115 posted on 03/16/2024 5:34:50 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: where's_the_Outrage?; All

GOOD, GO TO HATI.


116 posted on 03/16/2024 5:35:32 PM PDT by cowboyusa (AT THIS POINT, I'M WARMING TO AN AMERICAN PINOCHETE. )
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To: nopardons

Great minds think alike.😂


117 posted on 03/16/2024 5:36:41 PM PDT by cowboyusa (AT THIS POINT, I'M WARMING TO AN AMERICAN PINOCHETE. )
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To: nopardons
Her husband if either a high yellow or he is a white man:

I hadn't clicked on the link until after I responded to you.

118 posted on 03/16/2024 5:38:37 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: Robert DeLong
So true; too much to absorb, all at once, whilst it was happening. :-)

The Grand's second song comes out in 6 days. Yes, I've heard it and I like it.

119 posted on 03/16/2024 5:41:39 PM PDT by nopardons
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To: cowboyusa

That they do! hehehehehehehe


120 posted on 03/16/2024 5:42:07 PM PDT by nopardons
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