Hi Makeda-
I agree with you wholeheartedly. My friend and I are working on some race issue stuff in history with the intention of further promoting equality. We are very popular when we dance together as we compliment each other very well. She has done her degree in racial identity in Scotland and mine is in Scotland and stereotyping. We are writing a book about slavery together.
She told me that when she was growing up there was a lot of pressure to 'be black'. She said people called her an Oreo all the time because she liked Lord of the Rings and wasn't all that interested in rap or whatever. She protests against the idea that black people should try to shoehorn themselves into a stereotype, and I agree.
Re: I thought I would say 'dread' to differentiate the kind of locks she had to the kind of locks you were talking about for other readers. I knew there was a reason she only says 'locks' but never knew what it was. We talk a lot about culture and how people, both black and white, perceive each other- we have lots of no holds barred conversations about that. Sorry to go off topic a bit but it is one of my favorite subjects.
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