Say it loud, I'm black and I'm proud...
unless I tell you,you won't know
my skin lies
and doesn't show
the dark side
of my heritage.
And who gives a flying f*** anyway? When I was an idealistic teenager I was hell bent on righting wrongs and redressing balances. Apartheid was in full bloom then and my youthful ambition was to go to South Africa, infiltrate the white SA society and marry one of the elite, get pregnant as quickly as possible and then hold a global press conference announcing the full range of my ethnic diversity...well I was very young and thought it would be a lovely sock in the eye for those who chose discrimination.
I have been reviled (and threatened) for being "too white" and also for being "too black". Truth is I never noticed my, or anybody else's, colour until someone with racist issues pointed it out to me. They had to have issues...they were the one who saw in "colour". I am very lucky, I keep forgetting that I am anything other than a soul getting along as best it can. Of course there are plenty in the world eager to remind me and wave the flags of irrelevant details in my face. And every now and then I feel a need to hold up a mirror - that younger self still lives and burns with a warrior spirit, she would die for the disenfranchised and I hope I have the courage to live and die her dream if it ever becomes necessary...
Comments (5)
I am the only white that i know of that would like to be black.
My soul feels black, and i cannot understand when a black person has a problem with the colour of their skin. I would feel proud and it needs to be said B.J. that black people should feel proud of the music that they have given to this world ~ soulfull bliss!
So chill , there's no need to be a warrior
Only those who have issues with being inferior would even note or comment. Everyone should support a cause in an intelligent and wise way.
R
My grandmother would have to sneak us off to a corner and tell us stories and explain to us about where we came from and so forth.
In the 50's it wasn't very sheik
to be black or an Indian, we were made fun of in school if the other kids found out, called half breeds and we got into a lot of fights because of it.
But now things have changed today mixed race is openly accepted and things are coming around.
So I can understand where you are coming from.
Charlie