Goodbye to my American dream: As a black, I'm tired of loving a country that can't love me back

Salon ^ | July 16, 2013 | Tiffanie Drayton

[jughandle]

$20 says she’ll never leave.

[Rummyfan]

Thank Goodness this idiot had the sense to leave. That’s all we need is another black woman with a bad attitude. Good riddance.

Couldn't she have just gotten a gig on MSNBC? Oh, I forgot, Melissa Harris-Perry has that slot locked down.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Yes, that last was unfortunate. People stick with their own, I guess.

Oh, by the way, prepare to be flamed, since you openly admired her writing in this thread. I thought the essay was touching, personally.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

OK, maybe not admired, but certainly appreciated . . .

[Red in Blue PA]

If you are leaving because you didn’t get your way out of 1 court case, then Good Riddance!

And we are supposed to feel bad? LOL!

[Red in Blue PA]

From the link you posted: “had my bag stolen (along with my passport, cash and some credit cards),”

Must have been stolen by the whites in Trinidad. Ooops.....wait.......

[WashingtonSource]

Don’t let the screen door hit you on the way out.

[martin_fierro]

“In that empty, dark space I found my blackness. “

Well imagine that.

[D Rider]

Unfortunately, the rest of us are pretty much tired of tolerance. It seems we just keep getting raped by it.

While in the Caribbean (4 months in the lesser Antilles) blacks were sure to inform me that they were not like American blacks. And truly they were not. It was sad they had to keep telling me this, due to the American black attitudes and reputation.

[DaveA37]

Think about it...She wont be here to create more of her kind should she remain “off-shore”, thats a win-win for the rest of us.

[trebb]

Leaving is a good thing.

Since so many proudly identify as "African American" with the emphasis on "African", I urge/challenge them all to move to the place they seem to be so damn proud of and see how long it takes them to come crawling back, begging for re-admittance...

[bert]

Sigh...... she wanted love. How dumb

Did she not know what she should have wanted was money?

[BilLies]

Trinidad/Tobago is .7% White; she ought to get along there.
However, she might want to read this travel report by the US government.
“Violent crimes, including assault, kidnapping for ransom, sexual assault, and murder have involved expatriate residents and tourists, including U.S. citizens. The perpetrators of many of these crimes have not been arrested. It is highly recommended that female visitors and residents avoid traveling alone, particularly at night or in secluded areas.”
http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_1043.html#crime
and

https://www.osac.gov/Pages/ContentReportDetails.aspx?cid=13520

[Gargantua]

Don't let the door hit you in your pockmarked bubble-thumper on the way to wherever the hell you think you'll get a better deal, you Liberal Arts genius.

Okay, so it's just one Liberal Arts Major——at least it's a start...

;-\

[Lazamataz]

On the day of college graduation, I told my friends and family the news: I was leaving the country I had lived in since childhood.

[Hot Tabasco]

I had the misfortune of having to work with an “island girl” from Barbados. She was the most vile, dishonest, racist, manipulative, conniving person I had ever met in my life......

[utahagen]

Please tell Tiffanie we don’t want her back.

[Islander7]

The New School University

"...The New School is a university in New York City, located mostly in Greenwich Village. From its founding in 1919 by progressive New York academics..."

Here's the source of your problem, Tiffanie!!

[Wiser now]

Lots of liberal enclaves she mentions in her list of “good schools”.
Perhaps had she explored some conservative areas of this country she “loves”?

[yldstrk]

she finally got infected with the “I’m offended” disease