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.
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Need help packing?
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“Why I don’t plan on raising my black kids in the US.”
Thank you?
Ahhhhhh Joy Reid. My favorite Yeti.
My dear friend from the late eighties posted on Facebook that her handsome and talented son Larry, a wine-maker, will never come back to the US because of “gun violence”. Gun violence in Mendocino, where the wineries are?
I suspect she would pick Sweden or France.
May I suggest Haiti, Somalia, Ghana, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, South Africa or Ukraine.
Don't slow your exit to thank me.
North Korea, maybe? 🤔
You are so wrong, she will blame the history of the “white colonizers” for whatever the blacks in Africa do to her.
This is a total bs article. She has no kids and I GUARANTEE she will never leave the United States.
The article is just a pile of Marxist nonsense.
Growing up in Liberia will teach them to be great humanitarians.
And I say “Thank you.”
Don’t let the screen door hit you in the ass, lady.
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The racism of which she speaks is coming from her.
Liberia constitution allows any US black person to get immediate residence, no question asked!
Never mind, then.
“Even European countries, the OG colonizers, look at us increduously”
LOL. Europeans are often more openly racist against blacks than Americans. She will learn that quickly if she moves there.
Haiti is lovely this time of year.
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Fine. When you find that place, let us know.
In the meantime, address your black compatriots and their culture. Most blacks are killed by other blacks.
The solution to her problems won’t be found with a plane ticket, but it can be found in a mirror.
So do all colors get capitalized? Why Stop There? Why Not Capitalize All Letters? iS tHAT gOING tOO fAR? aRE aLL rULES oUT tHE wINDOW nOW?
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