African American Denial

African Americans are in denial of who they are. Denial of their race has affected the black community as a whole, and it is important that they embrace who they are. Many have often forgotten where they have come from. Other African Americans just do not want to accept it. Embracing blackness means acceptance, realization, and unification. Black people cannot be qualified as African American nor are they qualified as Americans due to a lack of acceptance in the community. Africans will not claim black people because they are not from “the motherland” or they are not considered “true black people”. Americans will not claim black people because they do not want anything to do with them. Black people have continued looking for a race to belong to. They are not African or American, and Black is a color not a group of people. It is possible for anyone to say “oh you’re black” but what does black mean if it is just a statement with no background. Black people are at a point where they are crying out for help and will do anything to be a part of a group. It is a will to do anything even if it means the depletion of themselves, a lost race without the confirmation …show more content…
The black culture has seem to have lost touch through black denial. Black denial is like identity theft only this time identity is not being stolen it is being given away. Many black women are in denial of the fact that they are black. A female was once questioned as to what her race was and she replied, “I am not black I am lightskin”. This denial begins to create multiple things such as insecurities but more importantly the nullification of what is actually