:::flashback; Freshman year in college, an akata boy ( and i use akata because my readers for this posting are selective) in my school from brooklyn made a comment about my skin. It was about 8 of us in a room getting ready to see the movie; saw which I dreaded. I only decided to go because my room mate insisted I come with her....so this akata boy said something to the effect of..." why do you look soo black;are you from africa....my initial sentiment was anger. How dare he?!?! my lips were making some kind of movements as I recall but nothing emerged from them... I managed to create a sense of normalcy but what I honestly wanted to do was to pick up one of the chairs and hit him....How could someone be soo blissfully ignorant...? I had never had such an encounter so this all took me by surprise. His behaviour supported my assertion that (most) akata people are certifiably crazy.......I excused myself and left without my roommate.......of course I have never mentioned this to anybody till the other day when my girlfriend Jo and I were discussing race... I had to utter the words though to realise how far I have come.... and what I realy wanted to tell that poor lost skata boy.Over the years though, I have discovered myself. I swear I love this skin that I wear and today I will loove to meet that ignorant akata boy and have a conversation with him enlightening him about how ignornat he realy is and how much I would looove wearing this skin.
the thing is people are going to be ignorant all the time.....I feel as though there is some kind of animosity towards afrikans from akata people.......
Anyways.. this week has been very crazy.. lots of work. Happy to see the weekend. I miss my family VERY MUCH. especially my brother. Living alone has taught me soo much about myself. that i didnt know... I posted my previous blog; my black is beautiful on my facebook and recieved both megative feedback. I recieved a message from the guy justifying the portrayal of dark skinned afrikan women as undersirable and you know I was sure to send him a looong nice reply:) I am tired now....sleep is calling
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Wow! I'm so sorry that happened to you but I must say I have dealt with similar experiences....especially when dealing with akata people. Even though we all have brown skin, there is such a HUGE difference in the way we are raised. Even though not all akata people are this ignorant,I found that I just get along better with other africans. It's okay though, experiences like this make us stronger and help us to appreciate the way we are :)
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U shd have told the akata guy he is black too....but on the 2nd thought.because he was ignorant which u knw he was|is ur first reaction shdnt have been anger but pity...then u can find the urge to put him right...anyways hope u are over it now!
ReplyDeleteignorant akata ppl....see senator palin thinking africa was a country....hmmm...ppl do still ask questions if we still live on trees and shit like dat......well the only thing is we are proud of who we are and we stand firm in wateva beliefs they got about us....we dont care wat they do...we wer peacefully minding our business before they came into our lives in the name of exploration....we wer business partners but in the end we became slaves..slaves! but nw we have a voice.....so fuck them...and kandi sori about the offensive language but i had to add it...omari
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