The Black Complex

There's a little something that I find quite disturbing and that something has lead me to ask the following question: when a black person has a feature like soft hair, small lips or a straight nose, why do we always jump to the conclusion that they are mixed with something? Why can't that person just be black?

The majority of black people have Indian or white ancestory so why would it be surprising if they don't have "typically" black features? Clearly that person has inherited a feature from an ancestor, from their blood. Furthermore, what is a typical black person supposed to look like? I'm intrigued to know.

I see light skinned black people begging heritage because they have soft long hair or chinese eyes. Errrr....no....you're black and there is nothing wrong with being black. I'm proud of what I am. I have a strong family and a culture that I would never want to change. I know who I am. Why would I want to start pretending to be someone I'm not, pretending to belong to a nation of people I know nothing about?

Acceptance of blackness starts with black people. Other races will stop saying "he/she must be mixed because her hair/nose is like this" as soon as black people stop doing it themselves. No one person looks the same, so if one black person has softer hair than another it doesn't make them any less black than the next person.

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