Quote from: Cartier on April 14, 2016, 02:19:45 PM
I mean, Romero hit the nail on the head earlier on in this thread; we're taught that Black is the bottom of the barrel from an early age so a lot of the more impressionable folk seek out and latch for filth onto the fact that they're not 100% nigger and mixed with some (usually nonexistent) mess.
It's sad.
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Honestly i never cared about ancestry until I moved to the south . I was pretty much happy being a Black boy. my music was specific to the black gay community .. My swag ... What I see in the mirror.
But I'm from nyc . We have Puerto Ricans Dominicans walking around... White black... Seeing someone with curly hair is not w big deal.
Light skin/dark skin good hair/bad hair is crazy down here in the south. None of this started until my hair started growing long.
People may think it's a joke or a kii or even a lie but I can't tell u how many times I hear "how did u get ur hair like that?" "U got some good hair" "what is in ur hair?" "I wish I had ur hair"
It's like they're complimenting u but u can feel their envy piercing thru ur skin as well. And it's mostly black women . Men for the most part don't care from what I've seen.
One female barber yanking my hair from the root down here to make sure it wasn't a perm after I told her it wasn't. Even here I have to deal with people feeling it's ok to make fun of my hair cuz it's different.
The reality is most black men have kinky hair. It's not something I made up. Look it up. If it were normal I wouldn't deal with anything I have to deal with. Call it a sob story or a lie but the ones kii'ing will be the first to call me ramen noodle tomorrow.
Learning what makes me different has given me peace. I love my ramen noodles. And where they come from. And if my pride offends u oh fucking well.