I don't know how you look like you do if your mom is black. My mom is black, but 25% Portuguese and fairly light brown and I still look more "black" than you. Your hair has no kink to it at all.
it's interesting. My mom used all those weird hair products and relaxers. I didn't like it because they made her stink.
I remember seeing a metal comb on a hot stove-pilot, and I was really confused as to why anyone would use a comb from a stove. I don't think my mom ever gave my a real explanation about that. I never really understood what that was about until I saw the movie Crooklyn.
my mom's hair never grew past her shoulders and sometimes she wore wigs. This makes me think about my mom's face as she would comb my sisters very long and straight hair. She seemed very happy and always so involved in her hair. I wonder if there was something deeper to that?
When I finally told my mom about my MtDNA and our possible link to the Fulani tribe. the First thing she ask me was, "are the dark skin or light skin"? It seemed as if the answer to that question determined whether or not she would accept her ancestors. There is a lot of deeply rooted self-hate within her, and I know for sure, that is why she didn't date a black guy. Interracial dating is a product of self-hate. Pure and simple.