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[quote=Incognita][quote=Anonymous]This is OP.  I am sorry if other black women find my post distasteful but this is how I feel.  If we were to compare ourselves, many of you AA women have probably done more to appear white and be accepted by white society than me (if I have even done this at all).  I wear my hair natural, have never bleached my skin or hair to a lighter color and have never worn a weave.  Because my father is not from this country, I have no ancestors on his side who were slaves, so I know everything about my heritage on that side of the family and am very proud of my ethnicity.  However, I relate more to, have more in common with and feel more comfortable around white American women than AA women.  I am not sure why my perception about MYSELF offends you.[/quote]

Now I am really confused. Your family is not African American, you husband is not AA, I'm guessing you have been exposed to many other cultures within the black diaspora but yet you are white because you don't connect with stereotypical or negative African American behaviors/experiences? You realize this is an extremely faulty way of thinking. It's okay to say you don't connect with a subset of AAs, but what does that have to do with being black? Is your husband not black because he isn't like the AAs you went to school with? How about your parents? Another question, when you meet other black women who share your SES, similar background, experiences and consequences, do you say they are really white women? [/quote]

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