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This really gets me, because I've dealt with this since I was young. When I was in grade school and high school, I was always the only black kid at the school. These little white kids would always say that I was "OK" since I didn't "talk or act" like "those black people". I was always like "WTF???" I even had one girl tell me that she was "AFRAID of BLACK people until she met ME" - "WTF????"
Then in high school, our little school had this radio station. So the few of us black people that were there hosted this show called Super Soul Sunday. The show was heard all around the county and was pretty popular to listen to. So anyway, I used to get calls from girls asking me "what color are you - you don't sound black - who do you think you are doing this radio show" - - blah, blah. Well, that really ticked me off. In fact, this one girl called me up at my show and tried to really trip with me because I didn't sound "black". Well, the story goes...I called her a "B" on the air, and the next week, she came up to my school after a basketball game and wanted to fight me. Mind you, I knew nothing about fighting and got my behind whupped. It's kind of funny because my "now husband" is the one who came and pulled that girl off of me.
So anyway back to my point - I get the same comments now even amongst co-workers - "Oh, you aren't like black people - you carry yourself so professionally - blah, blah" - And I'm still like "WTF?????"
Fact of the matter is that I was raised very well, had an excellent education, and a mother who, still to this day, corrects me if my grammar and/or articulation is wrong. I see nothing wrong with it and I won't apologize for it.
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