‘Go back to where you came from…’
‘A Political View’ By Sherry Holliman
Have you ever made this statement to anyone? What were you suggesting when you made this statement?
Go back to where you came from? How can anyone go back to where they came from?
As a human being, women are responsible for giving birth to every human. How can a human enter as a developed body back into the birth canal? When certain individuals make insensitive statements regarding removing people from their choice of being they have intentionally shown their discrimination and disrespect for freedom of liberty.
They have practiced as an individual or group of people to disconnect themselves and/or are disconnected from their own historical tradition. When people do not know about someone else’s history they more than likely do not know about their own which could lead them to being psychologically unbalanced, which could explain their comfort of always saying “Go back to where you came from!”
This is a statement that suggests all people don’t belong everywhere. Who has the right to place people where they personally want them to live. Individuals or groups that believe they are empowered to segregate other human beings because of their differences are manipulators and have zero knowledge of cultures, and no identity or love in their soul or respect for the quality of life for other people. White America has never lost touch with their European values and principles.
They know who they are and do not discount where their heritage started. Nonwhites, on the other hand, have a very broad, rich and cultivated heritage but in many cases refuse to acknowledge that
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their roots are African. By denouncing African roots, one is unknowingly advocating the once force-fed acceptance of European traditions, slavery, and disorientation of the Black African American. Because of this many black people remain non-self-aware, lost values and principles and some lost their identity of ancestors.
Consider the fact that other than the Black African American no other race of people are inclined to abandon their culture to adopt and integrate into a Eurocentric culture. It’s time to stop telling people to go back to where you come from!
This world is populated with multiracial individuals, Black and White, White and Indian, Black and Indian, Hispanic and Black, and White. Many Americans are actually biracial American while they may look Black or White this population and the numbers of different races are growing every day.
A simple solution to all the negative treatment and hateful words against people who are not like you is “Get over yourself!”
Regardless of how you feel about your feelings, all human beings are free to make their own choices.
Free to gain information that will help them keep track of the events shaping our world, and understand their impact on people and communities, and become inspired to take meaningful action. Why do people have to “Go back to where they come from” just because they do not agree with you? To not allow an American to be free regardless of their race, religion, ethnicity, gender, or background is mocking the foundation belief that America is the land of the free and people come here and live here because of all the opportunities.
Sherry Holliman is a concerned citizen of Crittenden County and has some views on a variety of topics that she wants to share with her neighbors. She serves on the Marion City Council.
