"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

[sovietski]

well thinking about what she said, and comparing it to my experience comming from the Soviet Union I have a few ideas.

Comming from Africa, she dosn't think like Americans, and that includes Afro-Americans. There were times in my life, when a certain group of Russian people would so something stupid and made Russians in the area look real bad, and it was in these moments, where inside you felt shame that a person from the same race could do something like that. I remember in those moments, not having a problem with saying, that Russians are a bit messed up and trashing on my own race to bring to light what happened. But I only did this because I was also proud. Its very interesting, but I wouldn't rule out that, this girl being in fact proud of being black and "true" African would say she wished she was white as if seperating herself from the afro-Americans in order to protect her native people. Maybe she only said that to show people she strongly disagrees with the way blacks in her school behave, a way of protest?