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Whiteness
2007.07.03
Woodson's Neighborhood
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Woodson's Neighborhood
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Interview: Woodson High School (NE WDC)
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Interview: Woodson High School (NE WDC)
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on the way to Woodson.
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on the way to Woodson.
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I cried today because a black woman told me she would never let her child be taught by a white teacher. She said that it's ingrained in her head that it's ingrained in whites' heads that black boys are troublemakers.
I am fighting the fact that I am white. I go to schools such as Woodson and am embarrassed that in 'interview mode' I am more WASPy than ever, in my pearls, being as polite as possible. I am having a hard time claiming my own self, because I feel so burdened by so many injustices that, unfortunately, fall on racial lines. It all feels so heavy. Physically. Headaches. Bad dreams. Sleepless nights.
But I must be honest with myself - who I am, where I have come from, and my perception of the world around me. I am being altered and molded, but must maintain some shape as well. There are tough issues out there I need to buck up.
girl, before you know it those kids (and those parents!) will be telling you that you might look white, but you got the soul of a black woman. don't you worry one bit. you've got enough buck up to take on the world ;)
