Thursday, March 21, 2013
Let's Chat
Just today I heard someone say "she's acting black." This person was talking to an white girl that was being loud, rude, and uncivilized. My question is why does she have to be acting black? Can't you just say she was acting uncivilized? Is there a definition to acting black or acting white? When I was born I didn't come with the how to act black manual. Why do we label people as we do? Why do we as part of society let stereotypes be the driving force to explain or determine how someone is acting? Do you ever stop to think how you make a black person feel when you use the term "acting black?" When I hear acting black it makes me mad! I don't act "Black", yes I am African American, but you can't act a skin color! The term is an outrage we all act as how we want to act! Like I said before I am black, but I don't act black I act like myself, Tre'Dessa Coretta Smalls!! I challenge us a whole to stop using stereotypical terms such as "acting black", "acting white" or "acting Mexican" or of any other ethnicity. Remember you are the only one who can determine the actions you will take so why blame it on acting a skin color? Think about it!!
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I find what you are saying to be true. Even though I don’t get mad when people use the term I can fully see where you are come from. We should not define people’s action by an ethnicity we should just define them by if they are acting uncivilized, rude, loud, or whatever. How do you plan on getting people who say things like that to see how it can offend someone because they might not see how it can affect a person?
ReplyDeleteKeosha thank you for taking the time to comment on my blog.I like how you understand where I am coming from on this statemnet above because many do not. To answer your question I plan on letting people know that black girls are more than that. I will present them with facts and evidence that counters there arguement. I just really want people to see the way everyone lives and not just cast out one ethnicity.
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