"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

[bijou]

That girl is pathetic and full of self-hatred. She ought to be proud of her heritage. I'm black/white and damn proud of it. But, I see everyday, on television and in my own life, how black women debase themselves in a pathetic attempt to look "less black" or "more white."

If you look at black celebs like Beyonce, they do the same thing and it's awful since they're role models to so many young girls.

Most of my friends are white, my boyfriend is white and I have sadly lost friends because of this. That girl is spitting in the face of her ancestors and her family and the black community. But, she is entitled to her opinion, however wrong I feel it is. Stupidity isn't against the law.

I can understand that she wants to fit in but imagine most people of color took steps to do that, how about taking pills to lighten he skin [which does exist], or everyone straightening their hair. An extreme example is Michael Jackson who is unrecognizable, he looks like a freak, he's tried for years to wash away his "blackness." Or how about, little people who take growth hormone to be taller or break the bones in their legs, wear braces to lengthen their limbs because they want to "fit in."

It's really sad more than anything that people don't accept themselves as they are, see the beauty inside and outside.