My Big Fat Liberal Post
Yesterday at work,my boss' boyfriend made a comment about the radio station I was listening to. He said something along the lines of me being too white for my color...well actually, he didn't say it in such a rude way, but it had pretty much the same meaning. I've heard this for quite a large part of my life, so it just rolls off my back now(sort of), but that day I guess I was feeling liberal or something, becasue I asked him what exactally makes a person 'black'. He said 'Their blackness', which I guess he realized sounded quite ridiculous when said aloud, so he retracted the statement and said that I was probably more intelligent for having a more diverse music preference.
Later that evening, I remembered the statement 'Emancipate yourself from mental slavery'. If it sounds familiar, it's because Bob Marley used it in Redemption Song, but the quote originally came from Marcus Garvey (I hope I spelled that right XD).I learned about him in History class in high school, I believe he had something to do with the Civil Rights Movement. Oh look it up XD
Anyway, it dawned on me that alot of people feel like they have to act a certain way to earn the right to be the color they are. People I went to high school with made fun of me because I refused to listen to Rap and Reggae day in and day out. It used to bother me for the longest time. I have to wonder if they only act the way they do because it's what's accepted by our people. I know now that even if I am never accepted by others, at the end of the day I can say that I showed them who I was,not what they wanted to see. I'd rather have someone hate me for the person I am than love me for the person I'm pretending to be. I don't ever want to wake up,look in the mirror and not recognize myself. I never want to be anyone's puppet again. I've grown enough to see that the mistakes I make only shape the person I am, and letting someone dictate to me what they think is best for me won't make me perfect. Humans were never programmed to be that way. We just programmed ourselves to think we were.
Power to the people XD
Later that evening, I remembered the statement 'Emancipate yourself from mental slavery'. If it sounds familiar, it's because Bob Marley used it in Redemption Song, but the quote originally came from Marcus Garvey (I hope I spelled that right XD).I learned about him in History class in high school, I believe he had something to do with the Civil Rights Movement. Oh look it up XD
Anyway, it dawned on me that alot of people feel like they have to act a certain way to earn the right to be the color they are. People I went to high school with made fun of me because I refused to listen to Rap and Reggae day in and day out. It used to bother me for the longest time. I have to wonder if they only act the way they do because it's what's accepted by our people. I know now that even if I am never accepted by others, at the end of the day I can say that I showed them who I was,not what they wanted to see. I'd rather have someone hate me for the person I am than love me for the person I'm pretending to be. I don't ever want to wake up,look in the mirror and not recognize myself. I never want to be anyone's puppet again. I've grown enough to see that the mistakes I make only shape the person I am, and letting someone dictate to me what they think is best for me won't make me perfect. Humans were never programmed to be that way. We just programmed ourselves to think we were.
Power to the people XD