Am I BLACK, or is that Something only I See?

Am I Black, or is that something only I see?

Am I seeing something you aren't

When I look in the mirror, my skin is the same as yours. We are one and the same. We may not have grown up in the same environment, and we may not talk the same or walk the same. But I AM BLACK! I deserve this title. It is just as much my identity as it is yours.

I don't like being called an "Oreo." Who gave you the right to say I'm Black on the outside and white on the inside? I am who I am-why isn't that enough? Why are you revoking my "Black Card" There shouldn't even be such a thing

What is being Black anyway, beyond the colour of your skin? Who attached a voice to it, a personality. Black is not a person. And if you think it's a culture-yes, I might not have grown up in it, but why put me down for that? I did not have a say in it. I see so many people live with this burden of "bot being black enough,"and I feel for every single one of them. Because I was in the same boat, and sometimes still am. But if I have learned anything over the years, it's that being Black is having the confidence to stand loud and proud in a room. It comes with strange looks from certain people, but I say if you can strong and fight those eyes YOU ARE BLACK!