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  asyla ten holt November 23, 2012 at 12:31pm

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  Lauryn Abayommi Jackson November 18, 2012 at 11:55am

     The term is Self Hatred.  Persons who have a low self esteem, make the remarks you have stated.

     This self-hatred is based on the popular propaganda regarding African Americans that is streamed throughout the media.  Have you listened to any Hip Hop songs with those very negative disparaging remarks about African American women (how is a young girl suppose to feel uplifted after one of those negative songs?)  That is just one type of negative propaganda constantly being dumped in the African American community.

     In your conversation you have lumped ALL African Americans and all African American women into your negative conversation.  You are making statements as if every African American person is in agreement with or are making these comments.  After listening to your chatter, I suggest you read a few books – start with “Ain’t  I A Woman by Bell Hooks.  You give the impression that you have not read many books (if any at all) regarding the history of African Americans (try Before The Mayflower by Lerone Bennett, Jr.).

       Some people on this planet identify themselves based on where they were born (which would be nationality).      Some people on this planet identify themselves (the best they can) on the heritage of their parents.  Some people identify themselves with the people or the culture they were raised in or on the part of their heritage they most relate to.  If you are not prejudiced against a particular skin color, then there really is nothing wrong with any of these identifying methods.  Let’s be real for just a moment:  “Black” is not a race or place.  It was a label that some Americans born in America chose, after collectively deciding which was the most non negative label we could find for ourselves.  We definitely did not want to use the label  “Nigger” which is what the Whites were using.  “Black” to us meant strong, beautiful and proud.  We at the time also understood that “Black” just like the color comes in many shades, and we were not delusional about why we had so many.    

      In today’s society, it would be very difficult to find a person that could tell you their heritage is of only one race.  Your comments are based on peoples skin color (again you might want to read a few genealogy books).