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Well it seems like damn near everybody has had this experience.
Our society really needs to rethink what we mean when we say black. Black is a concept that is almost impossible to define because we are all so diverse. It doen't mean skin color because I know "black" people who are lighter than many whites. It can't mean facial features cause umm.. have you ever seen Iman? There are PLENTY of sisters out there that look just like that. It can't be economics, or speech, or political affiliation.
So what is it?
I guess I am still trying to figure that out within myself. Maybe it is simply acknowledgement- like you can't force black on anybody, even if they are as dark as midnight. Maybe it's about feeling that there is an OUR history and an OUR people, no matter what or who you think they are.
Hmm.
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It may be said with rough accuracy that there are three stages in the life of a strong people. First, it is a small power, and fights small powers. Then it is a great power, and fights great powers. Then it is a great power, and fights small powers, but pretends that they are great powers, in order to rekindle the ashes of its ancient emotion and vanity.-- G.K. Chesterton
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