The controversy over Black kids not wanting to act 'White', where the assumption is that 'acting White' is proper and desirable, and 'acting Black' is undesirable, reminds me of when I was growing up in Harlem, all my role models were Black, including my teachers, doctors, dentists, plumbers, ministers, electricians, musicians.........everyone!
Everything revolved around the values of respectable and accomplished Black folk who surrounded and influenced me and my siblings. We were truly ‘acting Black’ - not White!
In addition, our moral and spiritual values, equaled or exceeded those of the White folks who segregated themselves from us in their nearby neighborhoods and ghettos.
Monday, August 21, 2006
On Acting White
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