You Will Never Be Smart Enough

You will never be smart enough. You will never be good enough. You will never be white enough. You will never be black enough. “You will never be”, is the everlasting echo that women like me are facing every day. I am judged on the character of my skin, the appeal of my features and the perceived notion of how I should carry myself. In America, today we are still facing long-term effects of racial segregation and unwavering influential sense of supremacy. Society is expected to fit into a blanket black or white category, and for those that fall into the middle of both said categories we are expected to choose to which side we will identify ourselves as. There is no room to choose to whom you will be, no room for you to grow and decide for yourself. The ability to judge yourself solely of the appearance of yourself is only self-evident and the ability to decide you who you are based on your morals and values is nonapparent. Society today has made …show more content…
both heinous acts based solely on outward judgment began in acts toward establishing a supreme and inferior race. The race of white, or Caucasian had established itself as the better or more supreme race. And since establishment, the Caucasian race has dominated the notion of being the holy grail of races. However, the opposite on the spectrum the African American or Black race has been looked at as being the inferior race. The Black race has been the most judged, the most manipulated as well as the most abused race throughout America 's history. Therefore, you would believe that the black race would be the most avoided correct? Yet that’s not the case, the black race is looked at as degradable or lesser only when “necessary”, but highly sought after in the modeling industry, advertising, sports as well as when it comes to certain instances of