Black man, black woman, black ghetto, black children...all things black and many have their negative opinions.
Is every back person lying, stealing, shooting, killing, mad, crazy, etc. or is it in them to do such things? Of course not! However, media portrayal has painted a broad stroke on every connection to black people for centuries. "You know how black people are...Don't get involved with that black man. Black folks don't love themselves. Blacks are animals," says the racists.
Even calling yourself, "black" in certain circles will make others nudge each other. "Oh, that type...He's not African American, he's black--I get it," some critics might say. They get the idea in their heads that you are a stereotypical black "ghetto" man or woman and will gradually distance themselves from you, thanks to negative "black" programming.
So how bad is being black--you know walking around being--behaving, feeling, and talking black? Inquiring minds would like to know. For me, I am what I am. There is no state of being it just is. I move like an ocean. I can be calm or I can use my waves of energy to flood another human being's mind, body and spirit for good or for evil. Whatever someone's depiction is of a "black" woman is not always accurate, we can be uplifting and supportive even if our critics are also black.
I don't try to be anything that a person claims I should be, I just am. I have been positively and negatively influenced like many people to be what society describes me as black. But a mere societal description doesn't define me. I actually prefer not to be called anything, but a human being. However, since we live in a land that loves categories, groups, labels, etc. Then I am not only black but African American and other ethnicities too.
Black is not bad, but the people who mock, wound, hate, and lie about or to a black person are the bad ones and for that, they suffer and so do their children, and their children's children. Those who self-hate and hate on others hurt the most sooner or later.
Nicholl McGuire is the author of Tell Me Mother You're Sorry, Say Goodbye to Dad and other books.
How bad is black, really?
Is every back person lying, stealing, shooting, killing, mad, crazy, etc. or is it in them to do such things? Of course not! However, media portrayal has painted a broad stroke on every connection to black people for centuries. "You know how black people are...Don't get involved with that black man. Black folks don't love themselves. Blacks are animals," says the racists.
Even calling yourself, "black" in certain circles will make others nudge each other. "Oh, that type...He's not African American, he's black--I get it," some critics might say. They get the idea in their heads that you are a stereotypical black "ghetto" man or woman and will gradually distance themselves from you, thanks to negative "black" programming.
So how bad is being black--you know walking around being--behaving, feeling, and talking black? Inquiring minds would like to know. For me, I am what I am. There is no state of being it just is. I move like an ocean. I can be calm or I can use my waves of energy to flood another human being's mind, body and spirit for good or for evil. Whatever someone's depiction is of a "black" woman is not always accurate, we can be uplifting and supportive even if our critics are also black.
I don't try to be anything that a person claims I should be, I just am. I have been positively and negatively influenced like many people to be what society describes me as black. But a mere societal description doesn't define me. I actually prefer not to be called anything, but a human being. However, since we live in a land that loves categories, groups, labels, etc. Then I am not only black but African American and other ethnicities too.
Black is not bad, but the people who mock, wound, hate, and lie about or to a black person are the bad ones and for that, they suffer and so do their children, and their children's children. Those who self-hate and hate on others hurt the most sooner or later.
Nicholl McGuire is the author of Tell Me Mother You're Sorry, Say Goodbye to Dad and other books.
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