One of my sorors directed me to a lovely facebook page and I was hurt by what it said. Above this blog is a photocopied picture of the profile. Please note: I blocked everyone's name except the person that wrote the status, since he obviously wanted it to be known how he feels.
Um….this was disrespectful and it really hurt me to think that a black male with a black mother (assuming), can say this. I am black woman proud of who I have become and where I came from, I plan on marrying someone like myself, but if God desires something else other than black, so be it. It just bothers me how one attitude of a person can determine the attitude of everyone else that is that race. It's bad enough that television (i.e. BET) shows ignorance as entertainment to the public eyes. Even though, I understand no matter the race, some women carry a certain persona good or bad. I wouldn't care if he said something about a particular attitude, maybe then I can understand where he was trying to come from.
I am an articulate, educated woman that will be attaining her bachelor's in Accounting, and soon thereafter a master's. I am a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, that prides themselves in helping and making an impact in the community. I was offended that he basically threw me, my family, and friends under that same category with the woman that he had an encounter with. BTW in case you didn't know, there is a sea of beautiful black women with a similar persona for greatness.
But let me say this, for him and the other men to make this comment and agree in unison shows me how ignorant they are. I would love for each of them to go to their mothers and tell her exactly how they feel about all black women in general, as they did on facebook. But hopefully, I hope they understand that they came from black women and without her, they would not be in existence.
I do not care about the race you marry, it is just the way you go about the situation that bothers me, simplifying yourself to one category, not because of religious beliefs, but what the media has instilled and a person's attitude, when everyone is not the same.
FYI, I do this for a living, I can talk about this all day.
-Diva
