A Brown Man's Perspective

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A Brown Man's Perspective

I'm brown never been black, never been down. Being called black is a deep, dark, degrading name, that another man gave us while our ancestor's were still chained. I'm brown for the simple reason, that when the weather changes my skin don't change with the season. I might turn darker by getting a tan, but when another man buy's one does that make him a black man? Being called black for many of years, didn't change nothing through hard work, sweat and tears. It simply made you a color, not your choice, but put you in a situation without a true voice. Only God can judge all of our true colors, until then one man's color, shouldn't be judged by another.

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jademelissa74 commented on A Brown Man's Perspective

05-30-2009

Great message! I like your perspective...very true indeed. I do not find it in any way disrespectful. Great Job...I'll give it a 10!

lionwoods37

05/30/2009

Why thanks again, it means alot.

The true philosopher and the true poet are one, and a beauty, which is truth, and a truth, which is beauty, is the aim of both.

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet (1803-1882)

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