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infinite monkey · 06-26-2012, 10:42 AM

Here's something I've been thinking of lately.

So let's say I announce to my african-american cow orkers that I 'feel' black and therefore I would like to be considered black. I want to fill out forms and check 'african-american.' I've never felt white (probably 'cause I'm such a good dancer) and I don't want to BE white. I want to be more susceptible to sickle cell anemia. I want to be counted in the 'black vote' and I want them all to acknowledge that YES, I am black.

They'd laugh me right out of the office. What the fuck do you know about being black? You were raised in a white household and you went to an almost all white school out in the boondocks. You went to a predominately white church. We love that you want to be black but YOU ARE NOT.

So I argue that I perceive myself as black, and if they don't start addressing me as "sistah" I'm going to get very angry. How dare they tell me I'm not black, just because they've actually experienced what it is to be black in this society?

06-26-2012, 10:42 AM	#103
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	Here's something I've been thinking of lately. So let's say I announce to my african-american cow orkers that I 'feel' black and therefore I would like to be considered black. I want to fill out forms and check 'african-american.' I've never felt white (probably 'cause I'm such a good dancer) and I don't want to BE white. I want to be more susceptible to sickle cell anemia. I want to be counted in the 'black vote' and I want them all to acknowledge that YES, I am black. They'd laugh me right out of the office. What the fuck do you know about being black? You were raised in a white household and you went to an almost all white school out in the boondocks. You went to a predominately white church. We love that you want to be black but YOU ARE NOT. So I argue that I perceive myself as black, and if they don't start addressing me as "sistah" I'm going to get very angry. How dare they tell me I'm not black, just because they've actually experienced what it is to be black in this society?