CinnaSlim
Queen of Swords
Damn. So where was your father in all of this? It seems if they would've had a strong black male presence in their lives things could've been different, or did he even try to instill pride? It's weird because I live in a city where it's 90% white and I also never had a strong male role model but I've never trashed black women or ever preferred them over my own. Black women were always my #1. Only in high school was where I had no problem liking all races of women, but as I soon as left it changed dramatically. No other races of women except black do anything for me now.
I agree. I had my mother to look up to. She was confident and comfortable in her skin and through her I learned to be the same.
We have different fathers. My oldest brother only began a relationship with his father near the end of or after highschool. My other brother hasnt met his father and isnt interested in finding more about him. My father was around. He and my mother divorced when I was really young but he still tried to have a relationship with all of us. However, he was in the military and moved around a lot.
The only two men in our family that they were around were my grandfather, who is my mother's step-father. He is a dark-skinned spanish speaking Panamanian with like grey eyes, so his experience is a little different than my brothers. He came to America as an adult. The other man would be my uncle but he had his own family and moved around and eventually settled in North Carolina. His son is also more comfortable around whites and upper middle class folk. Then there is my cousin who is around my age. He plays lacrosse and soccer.
So there's been a rejection of being "hood" and "ghetto" and although that doesnt emcompass all it is to be black. I cant help but feel like it is a rejection of blackness. They open themselves to other races and cultures which is fine but at the end of the day, I would be surprised to see any of them settling with a black woman.