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Re: Excerpt: Losing The Race Written by dlicious2k, on 16-04-2001 19:57 hello..I read your article and I could actually relate to you. I am white but I was always accepted by blacks more than by my own "people", so most of my friends were of that color. Well, I have always dated black men and I have realized something disturbing when I go out with my man in public. We are from Long Beach so we do have a little bit of "ghetto" in us. However, when my man and I walk by other black people, he goes out of his way to act more "ghetto". He says he does this to let his people know that he is still black and proud even though he is with white little me. I take offense to this because I don't feel that being ghetto defines you as being black. It also upsets me because I feel that he is actually putting down the black race and keeping the mentality that blacks will never achieve anything or be anything else but underachieved....and we all know that the truth is that black people are more than hoodlums and gangsters--shoot, they are the only group of oppressed people that have achieved so much in such a short amount of time. I think you are a leader and that it is a long battle but it will be worth it. Help people realize that being well educated and diverse is a human thing and not a color thing. Accept those who accept you and try to teach hope to those who try player hating and thinking you are trying to be something other than black. Sorry for rambling on, but I want to see the black race succeed as I do for any other race...and I know it will because of people like you. Don't let your race keep you from doing what you want...people think I don't want to be white just because I don't do what stereotypical whites do like surf or skate. But if I were to try to be a stereotypical white, I would be fronting and not being true to MYSELF. Be yourself!  Much respect,  Kara-- you can write me back if you want