Yes, you read the title right. Well. what do I mean by "not black enough"?
One thing that I found interesting about what people say about me, is that I don't come across as a "black" person or I sound like "a white person". I find it very amusing when I hear this. First of all what does it mean to be "black". It seems as though there is some kind of criteria or expectation for "blackness" which is why people assume I behave differently.
Also when people make this comment, they assume it is compliment. As if I don't act like "the rest of them".
I know that I am a black female and I am proud of it and the way God has created me. But I am an individual who doesn't live a life I'm supposed to based on the colour of my skin but according to the word of God (1Peter 2:9).
Honestly, comments such as those do not faze me or make me feel any type of way. Why? WELL India Arie said it best, "I am not my hair, I am not this skin, I am not your expectations... I am the soul that lives with in". We always judge the outward appearance, but my physical features mean nothing compared to what lies within my heart, soul and mind. True beauty comes from within. So if you didn't know that before, now you do.
I can only speak for the black community but I am aware that this is common in other cultures. But it is wrong to make people feel outcasted because they speak in a different way compared to how a "black" person should speak. Instead of focusing on your outward appearance, you should take a deeper look into who you are as a person, because it is your inner person that speaks more volumes than your appearance. For example, when you see an attractive man or woman, you assume that they are amazing based on what you see on the outside, but when you actually get to know the person, you'll realise that the looks meant nothing and you begin to despise them because their inner person is ugly.
Love,
Keziah
One thing that I found interesting about what people say about me, is that I don't come across as a "black" person or I sound like "a white person". I find it very amusing when I hear this. First of all what does it mean to be "black". It seems as though there is some kind of criteria or expectation for "blackness" which is why people assume I behave differently.
Also when people make this comment, they assume it is compliment. As if I don't act like "the rest of them".
I know that I am a black female and I am proud of it and the way God has created me. But I am an individual who doesn't live a life I'm supposed to based on the colour of my skin but according to the word of God (1Peter 2:9).
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| I am not my hair by India Arie |
Honestly, comments such as those do not faze me or make me feel any type of way. Why? WELL India Arie said it best, "I am not my hair, I am not this skin, I am not your expectations... I am the soul that lives with in". We always judge the outward appearance, but my physical features mean nothing compared to what lies within my heart, soul and mind. True beauty comes from within. So if you didn't know that before, now you do.
I can only speak for the black community but I am aware that this is common in other cultures. But it is wrong to make people feel outcasted because they speak in a different way compared to how a "black" person should speak. Instead of focusing on your outward appearance, you should take a deeper look into who you are as a person, because it is your inner person that speaks more volumes than your appearance. For example, when you see an attractive man or woman, you assume that they are amazing based on what you see on the outside, but when you actually get to know the person, you'll realise that the looks meant nothing and you begin to despise them because their inner person is ugly.
Love,
Keziah
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