I have been questioned about my Blackness since I was small. Being "light, bright and damn near white" has been fair game for attack my whole life. People assume things about my family background, about my attitude about what I must think about them. My brother, who is more brown and I used to regularly get asked if one of us was adopted.
Then to compound matters, I have two professional Black parents, lived in a middle class neighborhood, went to a predominantly white prep school and can speak the King's English. It was very difficult when I was young. I looked "white". I talked "white". I had white friends, went to a white school. I was smart and acted "white". I was accused of trying to "pass"
People are ri-damn-diculous.
I have never and never would deny my background or ancestry. I am a very outspoken, successful, proud BLACK woman. People come up with these ridiculous definitions of Blackness. They cannot see, as another poster put it, that they spew the same crap as the racists running around the country. They buy into the stereotypes and decide to wear bad habits, behavior, grammar, lack of education and home training as a badge of honor.
I have never and never would deny my background or ancestry. I am a very outspoken, successful, proud BLACK woman. People come up with these ridiculous definitions of Blackness. They cannot see, as another poster put it, that they spew the same crap as the racists running around the country. They buy into the stereotypes and decide to wear bad habits, behavior, grammar, lack of education and home training as a badge of honor. Not realizing they are giving the KKK and the rest EXACTLY what they want. In fact they are saving them the work of us oppressing us by convincing us to oppress ourselves
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