Be Proud!

If I happened to be of non black heritage, watching the first installment of the Black in America CNN special I would have thought to myself, “Man it kinda sucks to be black.” . I mean I along with a couple of friends that text me during the special felt an overwhelming depression while watching. I definitely applaud Soledad O’Brien’s efforts for taking on the task of attempting to give Americans an opportunity to see what it is to be Black in America, on a network as broad as CNN, because I am sure it was not an easy feat.

But I think it left out a very important component to being Black in America. PRIDE!!

i don’t know about you world but I guess I look at things differently. Yes it is a struggle sometimes to be black and yes we are often overlooked which causes disparities in health, education and wealth. But guess what? These struggles make us who we are. The strong, resilient culture that is no ones but ours. We have something that many emulate but could never come close to duplicating. I just don’t want you guys out there to be depressed and ashamed of being apart of the most beautiful cultures ever. And sometimes specials like this can do that. We do have a lot more to do as a culture but we have come so far. And I don’t want America to forget that. I mean DUH, a partially BLACK MAN is the presumptive democratic nominee for the President of the United States of America.

**If this does not make you beam with pride I assume you have no soul.**

Peaches&Gumbo