Brown Vs. Black =???

“The problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color-line -- the relation of the darker to the lighter races of men in Asia and Africa, in America and the islands of the sea. It was a phase of this problem that caused the Civil War.”

W.E.B. Du Bois

The other night I woke up to the idiot box, which was tuned in on CNN, there was a segment on about an Indian man by the name of Chiman Rai, who financed the murder of his 22 year old daughter-in-law who was also the mother of his then 7 month old grand daughter. The young lady was introduced to Chiman Rai’s son at her place of employment, which happened to be a hotel owned by Mr. Chiman Rai himself. This heinous act financed by Chiman Rai is known in some parts of the world as an honor killing, yes, “HONOR” killing... Mr. Rai brought honor back to his family name by killing his Black daughter-in-law. You see, there is class systems in India, and in this class system the lighter you are the more beautiful you are believed to be. Chiman Rai was a professor at Akron University, and like a lot of individuals who accept this class system, who maybe your dentist, your local business owners, your cab drivers and even your friends; they have been brought up to believe that mixing with your black behind or Latino tail will bring dishonor to their family.

AMAZING Isn't it...

I love my black skin, I love the fact that this country was built on the sweat, tears, and blood of black men, woman, and children. Every minority group in this country owes their opportunities to the struggles of black men, women and children... If it were not for them lil rock, Patel, Lopez, or Chang would not have the opportunity to go to an integrated college or university.

"Before black I'm first human" My faith doesn't permit me to hate any race or person. But I do hate racism in any form self racism and racism from the masters. I believe that our racial diversity is the creator’s way of bring beauty to the planet, similar to the diversity you see in flowers in a garden.

Black and brown peoples throughout history have been brainwashed to believe that beauty is not from within, but that the "master" is beautiful, not their brothers and sisters who toil with them on the plantation. Today the plantation has changed, it’s no longer picking cotton to survive, but now going to school for fours years only to become what amounts to an indentured servants trying to pay off your debt. Working two or three jobs to provide for our families and accepting whatever little incentive the master willing to give.

Some enslavement is mental I can't sympathize nor do I have any apathy for self hate. The most perverse side of slavery is to make the slave hate himself, to hate his skin, to hate those who look like him, because this hate type of hate only drives him to love his master. This mentality is only beneficial to the master, further enslaving the slave in not only physical but mental bondage. No matter how much we may act White, or pray for lighter skin, live near or with White people; we will never be White. That's not the way God intended it.

I don't know how to feel... Or what to think of this type of class system, it doesn't make me angry. I went to school/clubbing with people of Indian descent and I they would use the “n” word, and for the most part I considered them to be black like me, but maybe they were using the word the same way White bigots use it. They are obviously not like us, because it brings shame to their family to unite with us. Or maybe they are just like us, accept it that self hate is openly displayed in their culture, and it is embedded in ours; whatever the case:

Honor killing is when a solder puts his comrade to rest instead of allowing him to suffer. Honor killing is sending a child molester to meet his maker.

Honor killing is not killing the mother of your grandchild.