"I wish I was White" Options

[mouse_3k]

Today, we had the special friday announcements on the TV. So theres this black girl that came from the heart of Africa. she is so whitewashed but we have this writing contest and the title is suppose to be *I Wonder Why* and she goes on the announcements and says "I wonder why im black. Why cant I just be white and fit in"

It pissed every black person in school and all the white people said it was only a joke. To me, it made me sooo mad. just because shes from the motherland and all and shes basically degrading the black population at school. now the blacks at school, there is about 20-30 blacks in a school of 1,200. Now I honestly think me and other black people have every right to be mad.

What do you think? If you are black, would you be angry too? if not state why

[islandkiss]

I loathe assimilates. I hate it when people degrade their own heritage and use it as an excuse. I mean come on, seriously, get over it

[Olive]

I loathe assimilates. I hate it when people degrade their own heritage and use it as an excuse. I mean come on, seriously, get over it

get over what exactly?
assimilation does not necessarily mean the subject's intention was to degrade their own heritage. Feeling like an outcast among the majority is inevitable when the subject is of another race. Being born in a vegetable garden myself, I surround myself with carrots and tomatoes, hence I would feel like a vegetable rather than my supposed "fruit" background. As my parents were immigrants, coming to this country would mean adapting to the environment and its culture in order to survive, but that does not account for the loss of our own culture.