We had a topic sort of like this back a few months ago on the SGRho forum.
I went to ellementary school with all white people,I was the only black girl period. but I spent most of my spare time at my grandmothers who lived in "basically the projects" so I eneded up with basically to sets off friends, it was never really a problem until junior high though when both ets of my friends ended up at the same school and I had to choose. I was in all of my classes with my white friends, and my black friends always made little comments about me trying to be white (please excuse the way this is sounding because I don't like the idea of catergorizing my friends as black or whit, but I'm trying to make the story understanable)
Anyhow, I got it all, I was called little white girl,, told I talk white, I act white etc. etc. and I really think that for a while , weel I know that I did everything I could to be looked at as "black"
It's really funny looking back at it know, but is is really sad that I felt that I had to act extra black to be accepted.
I talk correctly and really I am finding my self to be a little more ibonically correct lately, but I am not changing me for anyone. I am proud of the fact that I am a black women and that I am raising a young black man andI will make sur that he knows he has a long line of ancestors that he should be proud about.
I just wish that people would wake up and realize that there is no such thing is acting white or black. There are basically just correct ways to speak the english language and incorrect, not black or white ways.......I just had to vent for a second. sorry that was so long
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