My people! My people...Black! What does the word black mean..."Being of the achromatic colour of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light".
That is definately not our complexion.
Being referred to (by the colour-blind ones) as black is absolutely immaterial.
They could have referred to us as Lilac people for all I care...
That still wouldn't have defined me or what I am about.
In my mother-tongue (isiXhosa) black and white did not exist (when it comes to distinguishing people using their complexion) until direct translation came along.
We knew abantu, abelungu, amalawu, amakula njalo-njalo.
One can refer to my complexion anyway he wants, but that does not define me at all.
I'm "black" not "white" just like Cape town weather is deferent from Joburg's...just like French seasons are different from South Africa's... just like a Boxer is different from a Bull Terrier... just like...
"I'm an African".
Some people can make you proud of being who you are,young educated black people turn to forget who they are so it feels good to see a black being proud of being african.Martin lurther king,Steve bantu biko,Malcolm x are the brothers who i read their work when i feel unwanted or down.I want to add one more brother on my list and its you Manci.
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