Essay On African American Community

The world we currently live in is not the same as the one in the past. As an African-American I can now walk outside and not feel completely threatened for my life. The African-American community continues to grow stronger as the years go back to stand up for oneself and for one’s beliefs. To support your neighbor in times of hurt and struggle. However, the African-American community has a long way to go when it comes to acceptance and tolerance. I get the feeling that the African-American community might the most homophobic and the most closed minded communities that exist. I am the child of a family that has “parted ways”, or bluntly divorced. I live with my mother who accepts me for myself and doesn’t hold me up to any gender expectations. I am female but I have short hair, wear clothes that are considered boyish. I do not consider myself “male” but I also don’t conform to society's standards. I am female and I am comfortable with expressing myself in a traditionally “masculine” way, it’s how I feel comfortable and how I’ve learned appreciate myself as an individual. Living this way doesn’t really affect me and shouldn’t affect the people around me, but for some reason it does. …show more content…
There is a specific reason I can only be with his family once a year. It literally stresses me out to no end- I didn’t know a person could become mentally exhausted just by being with people who don’t hold the same beliefs as yourself. This is where the traditional African-American community comes in, place a person with my aspects in that community. The African-American community is very religious, hence they're very against same-sex marriage, and have an old time thinking. I do not look like a traditional woman, according to the community I’m “going through a stage that I’ll grow out of