So here I am. I’m still black and I’m proud, but I will acknowledge the white blood that is running through my veins if pressed more about my heritage. |
So here I am. I’m still black and I’m proud, but I will acknowledge the white blood that is running through my veins if pressed more about my heritage. I also love to see the shock on peoples’ faces when I tell them that my ancestors were raped by slave masters and my “mulatto” and “quadroon” ancestors kept mixing with other mulattoes, quadroons, and octoroons. It depends on the audience how deep I want to go.
Amal Gonzalez, “How To Identify With Your People When Your People Won’t Let You,” Swirl Nation Blog, March 30, 2016. http://www.swirlnationblog.com/blog/2016/3/30/how-to-identify-with-your-people-when-your-people-wont-let-you.
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