bravenewgirl87
New Member
Thank you. I was going to say the same thing. Slavery ended 146 years ago, not 500 years ago. I am 38 years old and my great grandparents were slaves - I think it's "new" to pretend like slavery is such ancient history. My great great grandfather was the offspring of a slave mother and slaveowner father. His mother was sold and he was raised by his father, taught to read and write, and became a veterinarian. Could my light skin, green eyes, and brown hair that turns red in the summer be a result of this mixing? Maybe, but there's so much about my entire family history that I don't know, that I don't make that assumption. Does my light skin and green eyes preclude me from being proud to be black? Or is it assumed that I'm pissed off and angry because I could be the result of a rape that happened over 100 years ago? If I went around telling everyone the very small amount I know about my family history they would think I want to to be anything other than black, but others here evidently think that I shouldn't claim my blackness because of how I look? Ridiculous. As far as hair is concerned, I have tight 4a curls, so maybe that makes me black enough to be down? erplexed
Why would it ever bother you that what others think about your lineage?