Comments on: I Am That One Black Kid

By: Diana Mccormick

Diana Mccormick — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 18:52:40 +0000

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By: khamil

khamil — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 14:45:32 +0000

so glad to hear about others that grew up just like me. it was definitely a learning experience when i lived in all-white rural tennessee and whites tellin me my hair wasn’t hair, but actually fur, or tellin racist jokes about my skin color bein a mistake. then, i finally move to predominantly-black new orleans and have to deal with black kids callin me “white” cuz i played soccer, spoke correct english, and listened to pearl jam. (apparently, growing up on prince, anita baker, jeffrey osborne, and al green, etc. wasn’t black enough). i’m proud of who i am now, but i definitely don’t miss bein the butt of every ignorant person’s jokes. why do black people make it so much harder on each other?

By: WildMagnolia

WildMagnolia — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 16:20:35 +0000

All I can say is, “Me too!”

By: Ida

Ida — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 15:20:29 +0000

I have totally been there sista…I also have and ear for all types of music. Recently at a work function we were asked to tell the type of music or artist that we liked the most (seemingly to expose that white like “white music” and black people like “black music”). When it was my turn I truly could not pick just one. I said that I liked all kinds of music. When the instructor threw out the country music card, he was sure that I would say “every thing but country”. I think I shocked him, and based on the eye rolls of the black females in the room (who have taken to ostracizing me)…I threw him for a loop. I like good music and if it is telling a story that is true and saying something with value and meaning, then I can vibe to it. Thanks for the great blog…Keep it up.

By: kay-oh

kay-oh — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 18:08:45 +0000

Wow! What a timely post. It’s 2pm EST and I’m still high after completing my regular morning run today to my newest classic rock mix. (I swear – running to The Eagles “Hotel California” or Aerosmith’s “Dream On” feels a lot like flying!)I am a lover of everything from old school country music (Alabama, The Oak Ridge Boys) to Motown-era R&B to pop. Variety really broadens one’s horizons. When I think about young kids these days and some of the crap they are led to believe is music, I actually pity them. They don’t know how deprived they are.

By: bgwqlc

bgwqlc — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 06:26:36 +0000

I read that same comic strip on Racialicious also. I was that one black kid. I went to a school in a small Louisiana town that was split down the middle race wise. I was seen as weird by my black counterparts because I was not into the same things they were. I remember really being into Weezer, Green Day, and Oasis. My first big Hollywood crush was Ewan McGregor after I saw him in Trainspotting and Velvet Goldmine. I was always seen as weird since junior high. It has changed some but I still get treated like I am not a “real” black women because of some of the choices I make.

By: MzNikki

MzNikki — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 05:36:41 +0000

*sigh* I feel like I have found my real people! Group hug!

Seriously, I was that one Black kid… listening to ZZ Top, Aerosmith, Zepplin, The Doors, Fleetwood Mac, Janis Joplin, but then switching it up and jammin’ to some Stevie, Lutha, Aretha, Marvin, Prince, MJ, JJ… all the greats. Duran Duran was my fave group of the 80′s and Bon Jovi still makes me smile when I hear the opening strains of “Wanted Dead or Alive”. Metallica is always on heavy rotation in my iPod and “The Unforgiven” is the story of my life. “Fancy” by Reba McIntyre is one of the best songs ever, and The Judds will live on forever in “The Good Old Days”.

I love music… life to me is a song, but the melody changes with each beat of a heart. So many songs from so many genre’s have defined moments in my life, that I would be remiss to say that there is any one genre that I don’t listen to (well, I don’t like death metal, but meh). Music is so much more than words over a melody or a hook… music is alive

By: ricboi88

ricboi88 — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 22:51:46 +0000

LOL i was that one black kid not too long ago

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http://babesblingandbooze.blogspot.com/

By: Ella

Ella — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 19:25:58 +0000

woah, i click on the comments button and i find females just like me.

i went from school to school, and in one particular school i was the only black girl in the class which meant i had to endure months of people touching my braids and my hair, and people weren’t racists because Ella was their black friend.

And on the music thing-I love everything! The Arctic Monkeys, the Klaxons and The Gossip hold a special place in my heart, evenmore so than certain RnB and hiphop artists. I think this is because my parents used to and still do play a lot of African, gospel, country, ska, soca, reggae, etc… music. i also realised a few years back that i really like nirvana when i discovered that they were the ones behind ‘teen spirit’ (i’m only 18 so i was too young when they came out on the scene).

I’ve lost count of the times my (black) friends have laughed at me because i have pronounced the T’s at the end of words like “at” instead of “a’”, “that” instead of “tha’” and the “h” in the beginning of words like “having” instead of ‘aving, and “house” instead of ‘ouse (it’s a British thing). I also have white friends who are so surprised at how much i differ from the stereotype.

By: The TriniGourmet

The TriniGourmet — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 09:48:18 +0000

you too girl? me and my friends went out the night kurt died and got utterly smashed… it was my worst hangover i was sick the whole next day, never got as drunk ever again… but i never felt out of place, maybe it was different neighbourhoods? i didn’t even realize i was supposed to only listen to certain genres til i went to the states for college… well i ignored that with my Doors GNR and Nirvana posters hahaha

and OMG I think Jack White is the MOSTEST … sigh ..