What makes some ashamed and some so proud of blackness :-/

**Denny** · 01-28-2011, 12:05 PM

Originally Posted by empresstigerlily

Why have I never felt any shame or run away from being black?

Only you can answer the above question.

What makes other folks ashamed of being black? The reasons are probably varied but black is not the global mainstream or the British mainstream. Some black folks have swallowed the lie all things white must be good, all things black or associated with blackness must be bad or a hinderance to 'getting on' in life. The legacy of slavery and colonialism did a number on our collective racial psyche.

What makes me proud of being black is the same reason I am proud of being female. This is me. I accept what Mother Nature gave me, be it melanin or chromosomes.
Some of us love living in the Matrix, some of us chose to flee the Matrix and some of us don't even know there is a Matrix.

**Sinamin2** · 01-28-2011, 08:45 PM

2011 - The year of the PANK
I have good hair, its never been sent to the naughty corner...

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**Denny** · 01-28-2011, 08:49 PM

Originally Posted by Sinamin2

2011 - The year of the PANK
I have good hair, its never been sent to the naughty corner...

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**Jazitones** · 02-04-2011, 01:43 AM

Originally Posted by Denny

Only you can answer the above question.

What makes other folks ashamed of being black? The reasons are probably varied but black is not the global mainstream or the British mainstream. Some black folks have swallowed the lie all things white must be good, all things black or associated with blackness must be bad or a hinderance to 'getting on' in life. The legacy of slavery and colonialism did a number on our collective racial psyche.

What makes me proud of being black is the same reason I am proud of being female. This is me. I accept what Mother Nature gave me, be it melanin or chromosomes.
Some of us love living in the Matrix, some of us chose to flee the Matrix and some of us don't even know there is a Matrix.

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