"The vast ignorance..."
I live with white people right now in California. Older more mature white people have sense and even though they may believe something ridiculous about black people, they have enough sense to keep most of that crap in their heads (even then, some ignorance leaks out). Unfortunately, I am among younger people all the time and they say things like, "I like your kind of black people then regular black people." (this child speaks in reference to the fact that my heritage is Caribbean, specifically Grenadian.) I do not even believe he under stands the richness of Caribbean culture and how it has defined me as a person, nor does he not understand that I better associate with "regular" black people over white people. He probably saw a video of some Rastafarian men and thought they were cool. The joke mentioned about how I can only see your teeth on the dark was almost close to n-word status. Or the big teeth/smile that all white people seem to notice first. I love being black. If given the choice between being black or Hispanic, my black pride will not let me chose Hispanic. But people who could get away with making a choice for either ethnicity will definitely try. This entry may have seemed to be all over the place but this is just snippets of what I may expand on as I continue to blog. I'm going to take sometime in my blog to address the the ignorance that white people have of black culture, yet recognizing the over-indulgence that black people have of white culture. It is insane to be so under-educated about a major minority group within your country. Please take some time to watch the above video. Jesus loves all of ya'll. (Interpretation: Jesus love all of you all)
Oh man it has been a while since I've wrote in this. So let's start with my hair. Can you tell from the pic that I'm feeling my eyes? Can't wait til I can wear my contacts! Back to my hair! Right now, It's in some mini twists. This morning I washed it with tresseme naturals conditioner (the moisture one) and I left it in all day. Unfortunately, that also did nothing much to retain moisture but create a gel-like hold. The only thing that seems to work is when I put oil in my hair and I pull in back in one . So I just put water, oil and kckt in it from root to tip and I'm going to leave it out and see how my hair keeps the moisture. If this does not work, I'm going to have to invest in a good wig or moisturize every six hours, because this dry climate is going to break off all this hair I'm trying to grow. And yes, I have been watching vids with girls that have ridiculously long hair. SMH! This past weekend, I attended a discipleship training, in whi...
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