since the time we were brought here, we have always been viewed as second class, never having first class status. in the eyes of many, particularly racist america. and when they dress us up in blackface or dress up -- they dress themselves up in blackface, mimickingo us who wat to be taken seriously who want to have first class citizenship, it demeans us, degrades us. this nation was built on the backs of slaves, free labor, and then to make a mockery of us. it is a very, very ugly, very ignorant, racist gesture. it is, like, all we're doing is just laughing and hee hee'ing. some of those things you see with people eating watermelon. it is just not -- it is not a good depiction of who we are as people, who we have been for this nation, the united states of america, and who we are,