Thursday, December 20, 2012

The Shopping Boys

Usually I find Christmas shopping to be loads of fun. But today my enjoyment was clouded with annoyance. 

I realize that Marshalls tends to attract a variety of shoppers. For example, there's me: the young adult female that refuses to pay full price for anything. Then there's your average high school student on a budget. These are my offenders. 

Now I'm going to assume that these two boys were shopping for their girlfriends or perhaps a sister. But here's what I overheard; 

Boy One: So you know how people call white people that wanna be black, wiggers?
Boy Two: Yeah. What is that? I wonder what you'd call a black person that wants to be white.
Boy One: Black. 

As they both laugh, I look up and catch the glance of a middle-aged man with his young son. We shared a look of mutual annoyance. I just wanted to tell those boys to step away from the wristlets. Cynthia Rowley is too good for your girlfriend... and/or sister! 

Sunday, December 9, 2012

Who is Black in America?

It seems that this is going to be a very interesting documentary about colorism; who gets to identify themselves as black? Is it the paper bag test? Why should we even let color define who we are? 

Can't wait to watch.