African American women in CPC, opinions, please?

[33girl]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

I may've shared this story before but I remember the hottest white guy at my middle school who was widely accepted as "the cool white guy" and "the fine white guy." That certainly went to his head (also literally, you'll see) and he started doing everything he could do to dress like, talk like, and even walk like "one of the Black boys." The funniest thing was that this was in the '80s and Black guys were shaving their names and stuff in their heads. Well, guess what, his hair texture wasn't conducive to that...not even if he tried to do a buzz cut or fade...but he damn sure tried. LOL. It was the funniest thing. He was so laughed at that he wore a hat for 2 weeks. God bless his soul as he was reminded that he is not "just like us."

I just had an image of Zack from Saved By The Bell trying to do this and it brings the LOLZ.

[ThatOnegirl]

i am a black student who plans on going through with Pan Rec next year at UAB, OU(ohio u), JU(jacksonville), JSU(Jacksonville State), SU(stetson), or even Auburn. Still deciding witch school is for me but either way im going through with pan rec. I am also a transfer from an HBCU.

Any thoughts?

[BluPhire]

Originally Posted by ThatOnegirl

i am a black student who plans on going through with Pan Rec next year at UAB, OU(ohio u), JU(jacksonville), JSU(Jacksonville State), SU(stetson), or even Auburn. Still deciding witch school is for me but either way im going through with pan rec. I am also a transfer from an HBCU.

Any thoughts?

Just one. Why should we care?

I mean what does this announcement contribute to the topic?

[DrPhil]

She's a Black transfer from an HBCU who is planning on going through recruitment at one of the universities she listed. That's what it has to do with the topic (what's the topic?).

Apparently, one of the schools is a "witch school." Scary.

[agzg]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

Apparently, one of the schools is a "witch school." Scary.

Spooky.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

Apparently, one of the schools is a "witch school." Scary.

[knight_shadow]

What was the point of abbreviating the school names if she was just going to spell the names out right after?

[DrPhil]

ye no ask no question of thee for thee shall casteth a spell!

[Munchkin03]

Originally Posted by rhoyaltempest

This is sooo true and I wish people would get it. I have navigated both worlds (predominantly black vs. predominantly white) all my life and noticed that when a Black person is called out for "acting white" by other Blacks, it's not always because the person is being accused of speaking well and having high academic standards. A lot of times they are speaking of the person's disconnection to their culture and other Blacks. I have watched some of these persons purposely not speak or interact with other Black people and try to act like and do what their white peers were doing, including allowing their own hair to break off and fall out because they were washing it every day and using products (with drying agents) not meant for their hair texture. This kind of thing is what is meant often times when a Black person is accused of "acting white."

Oh, now those people are "confused." They'll have their Sarah Jane moment in a minute...

My experiences weren't because of grades, language, or economics, not at all. The college prep program that I attended was primarily middle-class Black kids who were college-bound. They just had very strong ideas of what it meant to "be Black," perhaps it was where they were from, maybe it was the fact that they were 16 and 17 years old and omniscient. Who knows?

So, when I talked about going skiing or hunting, they didn't understand, because Black people they knew didn't do that kind of stuff. What they called "acting White," my family and I called "simply outdoorsy."

[rhoyaltempest]

Originally Posted by Munchkin03

Oh, now those people are "confused." They'll have their Sarah Jane moment in a minute...

My experiences weren't because of grades, language, or economics, not at all. The college prep program that I attended was primarily middle-class Black kids who were college-bound. They just had very strong ideas of what it meant to "be Black," perhaps it was where they were from, maybe it was the fact that they were 16 and 17 years old and omniscient. Who knows?

So, when I talked about going skiing or hunting, they didn't understand, because Black people they knew didn't do that kind of stuff. What they called "acting White," my family and I called "simply outdoorsy."

Yes, but I'm sure you knew what they meant. Although things are changing because diversity is becoming more widely accepted and people now have more friends of different ethnicities and are therefore broadening their horizons, in predominantly Black communities, not a lot of folks do the "outdoorsy" thing and in predominantly white communities, not a lot of folks are doing some of the things that Black folks commonly do in predominantly Black communities. So we all know exactly what is meant by this although I'm not saying it's fair to accuse someone of "acting white" because of it.

Then again, maybe you've never lived in a predominantly Black community? You still should know what they meant though.

[Dionysus]

I'm convinced there's some black beat that most black people hear, and a few of us do not hear it.

It goes way beyond a preference for hunting or skiing, or not.

I don't know what you mean.

[ThatOnegirl]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

She's a Black transfer from an HBCU who is planning on going through recruitment at one of the universities she listed. That's what it has to do with the topic (what's the topic?).

Apparently, one of the schools is a "witch school." Scary.

the topic is African american women in CPC's thats the topic. Its entertaining how people come on here to correct someone else for a simple error. Not even that serious. #nolife.

thanks for the advice ladies.

[AlphaFrog]

Originally Posted by ThatOnegirl

the topic is African american women in CPC's thats the topic. Its entertaining how people come on here to correct someone else for a simple error. Not even that serious. #nolife.

thanks for the advice ladies.

Forget rushing for a sorority, rush for a grammar book. Yeesh.

[knight_shadow]

Originally Posted by ThatOnegirl

the topic is African american women in CPC's thats the topic. Its entertaining how people come on here to correct someone else for a simple error. Not even that serious. #nolife.

thanks for the advice ladies.

...the hell are you talking about?

[Munchkin03]

Originally Posted by ThatOnegirl

i am a black student who plans on going through with Pan Rec next year at UAB, OU(ohio u), JU(jacksonville), JSU(Jacksonville State), SU(stetson), or even Auburn. Still deciding witch school is for me but either way im going through with pan rec. I am also a transfer from an HBCU.

Any thoughts?

It's not that simple of an error.

Originally Posted by rhoyaltempest

Yes, but I'm sure you knew what they meant. Although things are changing because diversity is becoming more widely accepted and people now have more friends of different ethnicities and are therefore broadening their horizons, in predominantly Black communities, not a lot of folks do the "outdoorsy" thing and in predominantly white communities, not a lot of folks are doing some of the things that Black folks commonly do in predominantly Black communities. So we all know exactly what is meant by this although I'm not saying it's fair to accuse someone of "acting white" because of it.

Then again, maybe you've never lived in a predominantly Black community? You still should know what they meant though.

Nope, didn't grow up in a predominantly Black community.

Yes, I understand what they meant now, when I was 17 not so much, because the things I grew up doing, most of the Black people I knew did as well. It wasn't so weird that my father golfed because most of the men in our family and most of his friends did. We camped with other families. Again--nothing that didn't seem "Black" to me. But, for those people, it was like I had three heads.

I see now, 12 years later, that it was more a reflection on them and a limited scope of what it meant to "be Black." As a high school senior, however, it was a different experience.