As I Sit and Ponder

As I Sit and Ponder

Thursday, February 18, 2010

What is Black??!!!

IWhat is BLACK????
As I sit here and try to finish this draft of my writing paper, my girls and I begin a discussion after I state that I am the only sophomore MINORITY in my major. One states that she knows Asians in my major and those are MINORITIES  . I tell her "you know what I mean, I don't like to use that word". My other friend says "BLACK." Thus the creation of this blog!!!!!
"BLACK is a state of mind", edged into the minds of people by society's standards on what is good or bad. People are taught that BLACK is bad, and WHITE is good. So where does society get off thinking that they can categorize people based on the color of their skin?
As I browse through various categorizations of what BLACK is I came across this: 
{The term "black" is often used in the West to denote the ethnicity of people whose skin color ranges from light to darker shades of brown}.. BLACK  is the state of mourning,