And I was the only black kid in my school for almost all of my childhood, until I was a teenager. So imagine, if you will, being 6 feet tall by third grade, so essentially being a living maypole.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I went to a segregated school; I was born a Negro, not a black man.
I realize that I'm black, but I like to be viewed as a person, and this is everybody's wish.
I do remember being teased by my cousins on my mom's side for not being black enough. And then I'd spend the summer with my dad and be sent to all white summer camps where I was 'that black girl.'
There are so many people who have this idea of who I am because I'm black.
The less I talk about being black, the better.
I am black, and there's no getting around that, but being black doesn't define every aspect of my life.
I was the only black girl at my junior high school. I had an afro, a Jamaican accent, I looked really old.
I was black growing up in an all-white neighborhood, so I felt like I just didn't fit in. Like I wasn't as good as everybody else, or as smart, or whatever.
I have a father who was the first black student at his junior high and high school and had to do a lot to get to that point.
There were only ever two black kids at my school. I never considered myself to be 'a black kid'. I was who I was. Which isn't to say things haven't happened to me that wouldn't have happened if I wasn't black.