Disconnected

Black people don't remember that we came from Africa.

Black people also don't remember that much of our community came from white slaveowners.

While I'm in the ranting mood, I'm gonna discuss this.

I listened to two separate comedians on two separate occasions. One, a white male whose name I've since forgotten, and two Eddie Griffin. The first comedian said a lot of things I agreed with, until he asked a question. "When did it stop being cool to believe in God?" He's assuming that more people believed in God before because other people were, and they wanted to belong with other people (Bandwagon fallacy). The next thing he said, I couldn't help laugh at. Poking fun at Atheists, he says "It's not my fault that you have so many piercings that when the wind blows your face sounds like a wind chime." This is a very hasty generalization. He's assuming that all Atheists get their ears pierced multiple times. Although I do have many piercings in both ears and my nose, a friend of mine who is also an Atheist does not have her ears pierced at all. I found it very interesting that this man who I can tell I would be very good friends with me, was trying to get people to believe in God again, because "it's still cool to".

Buckle your seatbelts, here comes Eddie Griffin. He was talking about polytheists and nature worshippers. He said that he doesn't understand how some people don't have a "real" god to pray to, or they pray to the sun and the dirt and wooden things. I find it hilarious that black people defend Christianity in such a fervent manner, considering we all (we as in everyone on earth, not just black people) originated from Africa, where the people worship the sun and wooden idols and where there is a different god for different aspects of life, even different people. I think that black people specifically have forgotten that when we were brought here by white men, we were forced to abandon our religions and adopt theirs; Christianity.

Something else I find interesting is how people assume that all black people are against gay marriage (because they are mostly a part of Christian churches), and have no idea that this belief originates solely from Christianity. Aren't assumptions fun? They are to me. Because in Africa, the belief is that a spirit will possess some of us and give us the desire to be with our same sex. No problem arises from this, no judgement or discrimination, only acceptance. I suppose I find it funny that people say they want to be connected to their roots but learn so little about them.

Another black comedian Aries Spears pointed out that Africans hate black people. All I could think was, I wonder why.