Valuing Blackness vs. Claiming “Mixedness” |
Valuing Blackness vs. Claiming “Mixedness”
For Harriet
2014-10-30
Tamara Williams
I remember being in 7th grade, and writing on the back of my folder all the things I was told by an older cousin I was “mixed” with. I had a desire to claim all I thought I was, but what was more interesting is that I wanted everyone to know. I had no idea where this desire came from, but I did know the idea of being part of something other than Black intrigued me. I was unaware that the need to denounce my Blackness had already been steeped in my unconscious by mainstream media…
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