“Black Identity”
What defines one as being “black enough?” It is the color of your skin? How nappy your hair is? How street smart are you? The way you talk? What are the qualifications exactly for being “black enough?” As I sat in the cafeteria waiting on the Girl Scouts interesting meeting to start and my mom to arrive, I noticed that the Girls Scouts were divided. There was a Black Girl scouts group and a white Girl Scouts group, instead of being one. I was young back then in Elementary School so I did not see color, my mom did not raise me that way. So as I was listening to each group’s goals, values, and standards and watching the way they interacted with one another, I had already made my choice. I chose to start my Girl Scout career as a “brownie” with Ms. Angela or a.k.a. …show more content…
Not only did black people not think she was black enough, but white people too. To black people you can only be a certain level of smart, she says “a 4.0 means I’m four shades lighter because apparently, intelligence is a white trait. At least that’s what I’ve gathered. This one girl asked me: ‘why would I use big words, so I can sound like you?’(Davis).” People have always associated being smart with being white and black people have been associated with being dumb. She’s simply saying that just because she’s smart does not mean that she’s different. She also charms in on how other races look down on blacks and do not think they are as advanced as them. She says “you looking at me like im not supposed to be standing here next to you, like we in the same class but your idea of advanced is too advanced, and my mind can’t match you (Davis).” She is saying that you cannot look down on or doubt other’s intelligence just because the color of their
What defines one as being “black enough?” It is the color of your skin? How nappy your hair is? How street smart are you? The way you talk? What are the qualifications exactly for being “black enough?” As I sat in the cafeteria waiting on the Girl Scouts interesting meeting to start and my mom to arrive, I noticed that the Girls Scouts were divided. There was a Black Girl scouts group and a white Girl Scouts group, instead of being one. I was young back then in Elementary School so I did not see color, my mom did not raise me that way. So as I was listening to each group’s goals, values, and standards and watching the way they interacted with one another, I had already made my choice. I chose to start my Girl Scout career as a “brownie” with Ms. Angela or a.k.a. …show more content…
Not only did black people not think she was black enough, but white people too. To black people you can only be a certain level of smart, she says “a 4.0 means I’m four shades lighter because apparently, intelligence is a white trait. At least that’s what I’ve gathered. This one girl asked me: ‘why would I use big words, so I can sound like you?’(Davis).” People have always associated being smart with being white and black people have been associated with being dumb. She’s simply saying that just because she’s smart does not mean that she’s different. She also charms in on how other races look down on blacks and do not think they are as advanced as them. She says “you looking at me like im not supposed to be standing here next to you, like we in the same class but your idea of advanced is too advanced, and my mind can’t match you (Davis).” She is saying that you cannot look down on or doubt other’s intelligence just because the color of their