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Originally posted by ms_gwyn
I didn't grow up in a predominately white neighborhood….I grew up mostly around Latinos and Asians, and spent a few years living in "the hood" (I hate that expression, but lack a better term). I have never felt the need to prove my blackness, but others seem to think so, those people don't even show up in my world…hence my statement on a "blackness" manual, I have never felt lacking in my culture. As for picking the college that I did, for my major it was one of the best universities in the west and I didn't want to venture to far from home and I also wanted the "full" college experience, that is what I didn't stay in CA and go to FIDM, Otis/Parsons (now just Otis) or Cal Arts. I agree that my blackness and my culture aren't choices and if they were choices…guess what I wouldn't change a damn thing about my life, but its part of my me, I will never be defined by the color of my skin…to me that is to inhibiting. I think we are staying the same thing just coming from two different angles and experiences.
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Yes and I wasn't debating your point or saying you were wrong for feeling the way you do. My comments were more closely related to yours than others. So Beatheeeeee
