New York woman smoking a cigarette in 2007 by the Sartorialist !!!!
“I have long been baffled by the notion of Black Americans finding and speaking their language as if there is one lost somewhere. In the 1960's it, the notion, awoke something deep within that generation. Back in the 1920's there was a move towards those kinds of discoveries, but there has been no significant advancement towards that end. During the years of slavery history reports the efforts of Africans to keep their languages on the Southern plantations. Each generation had its own challenges, and each generation lost a bit more until it appears to be a glimmer overshadowed by an urgent need to be validated by White Americans. The Cheyenne met Blacks in the late 1800's and called them, in their own tongue, Wasicun Sapa, Black White People. The Cheyenne saw something very clear today's Black American apparently does not, or cannot see…” – Dawn Wolf, Keeper of Stories
New York man's style reminiscent of Thelonious Monk by the Sartorialist in 2007
it's true! We, as black people, always felt the need to seek acceptance as a means to validate our self worth. It's very pathetic, especially being a black woman, because your taught at an early age to basically hate everything about yourself.
ReplyDelete1. Your hair.
2. Your skin.
3. Your taught to accommodate with a fast and sleazy stereotype, and if your smart , you're some stuck up 'bitch' to most majority of your race! Instead of being praised as a hard working woman (which is the majority of the black women, although some do confine themselves in the binding stereotype.)
4. And your not taught to love to learn! Your 'weird' if you do your homework or get good grades to most. Which I find staggering.