Jamon tries to toy with ones emotions by purposely instigating racial tension. For some reason that makes him feel like he's displaying a higher intellelect when in actuality he's simply being a douche.
For the record, I embrace everyone of every race. Respect all religions and cultures and attempt to learn from anyone I encounter.
But this is where I show how black my 1/2 black, 1/4 this, 1/8 that, 1/16 the other but still black azz is.
Jamon, you fail to understand, here in america, our color is a daily reminder of who we are, nomatter how much we evade it. I have japanese family members, speak japanese good enough to hold a convo, but if I walk into a japanese convenient store, they treat me like any other black male and tell me to "buy now or get out".
I'm ridiculed by my own people for being articulate, I'm called all sorts of "uncle toms" and "sellouts" because I left my enviroment that was set up for me to never be able to leave and came back a more positive person. When I first see guys I grew up with they say "man, you got all big, you been in jail"? Once they realize I'm married with kids, own a home, drive a minivan and I'm attending college, they forget how quick I woulda slapped the sh*t out of them a decade ago and start pulling stupid sh*t.
Same time, soon as I walk past an old white woman she has the nerve to clutch her raggity purse tight or tuck her cheap costume jewelry like my wife doesn't have the authentic version of what her purse and jewelry resemble. Like I don't got enough money to make her old dignified azz get on all fours in the middle of the street if that's what I wanted her to do.
So by the end of the day, I'm well aware I'm black. Too black to claim my other lineage, but not black enough to be embraced by my past. To black to expect ignorant people of other races not to stereotype me and view me as a threat. Now, you wanna tell me I shouldn't be proud of how black I am? I'm supposed to take all the ridicule without embracing it and turning it to a positive? Kiss my black azz.
Cause if I was proud Irish, Cuban, or Jewish there would be no problem. Even if I was proud Swahili or Jamaican. The problem comes with my ancestory documenting no further back than a plantation in the south somewhere, so I can be nothing but...Proud Black.
If your ancestory goes any further than that, you will never understand to comment on why that means so much to those of us who have nothing else and are reminded daily nomatter how rich we are. Especially when the world throws it at us as a negative every chance they get.