Bugging Me...
Okay, I know this post is probably going to anger some people, but it's something that is really bothering me. I was watching the Real World last night and I just couldn't understand Nicole's hypocriscy. When season 10 started, Coral accused Mike of being ignorant...when the truth is he's just quite sheltered. Now, Nicole and Coral are saying that Malik, an educated and culture-enriched black man, is a hypocrite because he wears Garvey shirts but has never slept with a black woman.
My point, for all you non-RW watchers, is this: why is it that when a white person is only informed about his own history/culture, he/she is "ignorant" but if it's a black person, he/she is simply "Afrocentric"? And to some people, culture/race mixing means you're not true to your heritage...
Don't get me wrong, I get pissed when people automatically assume I'm Mexican if I say I'm Spanish, or if they ask me if I "speak Cuban"...but why is there such a double-edged sword for whites and blacks?
[This message has been edited by LeslieEMU (edited August 08, 2001).]
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