no matter how respectable we are or become as long as our skin is black we will never amount to white standards though we are expected to be a reflection of them respectability will never be a solution because the issue isnt us its how white america views blackness what does blackonblack crime have to do with ferguson i am about to conclude my visit to smyrna i am sitting at my balcony overlooking the bay this was my second visit this year in this beautiful cosmopolitan and liberal city i participated as a panelist for the symposium organized by izmirs mediterranean academy our common real world some reflections on greece and turkey