Random Thoughts at 1:30 AM

 Sometimes I just sit and think that my thoughts belong to a older and more experienced woman. The way I interpret situations are ways that of a woman in her 30s would. Maybe I am growing up a little too fast but I'm recognizing the reality of it all. Today, Russell Simmons came to my school to talk about his new book titled, "Super Rich". From his summary, the book's meaning is to show people that you must first give before you can "receive". He also stated that people can't give you things that you don't already have and that "making it" isn't really making it. The young adults of my generation truly believe that money will buy their happiness but that's just another cover up of what African-Americans really aren't. My race will do any and every thing to be accepted by society but the fact still remains that it will never be so. We are so influenced by the ignorance of pop culture that we forget that we aren't truly accepted. The "elite" sit back and say, "They'll just keep on faking it until they actually get some where." Some where to us is really a walk in the park for them. American is built on the dynamics of capitalism. Capitalism sure does have a face....and it's not black. Russell Simmons also stated that we must become diverse. Its good not to forget where you came from but don't let where you came from cripple you and hold you back from what you can truly achieve. The way I see it is that my generation has been paralyzed. We haven't even received the chance to LEAVE where we came from to become somebody. More than half of African-Americans have been blinded by the wants of a glamorous life that they know how to make a fast buck. But that same fast buck or scam can be the same thing that'll end their lives forever. Nobody has actually sat and had a real converse about this unless it was with an older adult. But to hear the same words from somebody their age? Preposterous.