Discussion 2/10

I thought that todays discussion was really interesting. It really hit home for me when we watched the movie at the beginning of class. I have four little sisters that are adopted two of which are black. Like we talked about, they possibly wouldn't be able to attend the same schools as their sisters. My little sisters are both mixed race although they are considered "black". The youngest is black and white but has all of the black qualities. The other sister is black and hispanic. She is much lighter than the other. The girls have both grown up in our home which is white and have developed a lot. The youngest is 5 right now and we educate them on their black background, but she has decided that she is "brown" not "black" because she has seen others that are darker in color then she is. She knows she's not white but she also knows she's not white. I don't think it's hard for her, but she just makes it clear to everyone since she is very outspoken what she thinks. She often says "I'm not black I'm brown!"