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The original was posted on /r/twoxchromosomes by /u/stay_beautiful_you on 2023-10-04 01:21:50.

As a black woman, I have been dealing with this my whole life (37 years old), where my speech is proper and very bubbly. Sometimes it’s very nerdy, geeky, and upbeat.

I have always received mean and harassing comments from black people like: “You’re black girl. You better start acting your color”. “You are disgusting your ancestors with the way you act”. “Can’t believe your mother let you act that way. You’re black.” “That’s not how black people talk.” There were many times I had kids wanting to fight me because of the way I talked and act. “Beat some sense in the wannabe girl.” It got to the point that I hated school so much. So, I graduated early at 15.

Recently, my daughter and I were attacked by an older black guy who grabbed her arm out of nowhere. I pushed hard him then started to take out my pepper spray and taser. He then started yelling at us about why I’m raising my daughter like a white person. How we need to start acting right. Why do we want to act like the people who enslaved us,Who are still trying to hold us back, etc. He then stated that we need to be taught a lesson since my parents didn’t do it.

I sprayed him after kicking him in the baby maker…Unfortunately, I had to because he was way taller than me. After that several people came over to hold him down. They apologized because they thought we were young relatives of his.

It’s a shame that in the black community that there is racism towards each other. When we need to be there for each other. Why harass someone for the way they talk or act? Why harass them because their skin color is lighter than yours?

I have been talking like this since my first words. The slang talk was never for me because I could never understand people who used it. I wanted people to understand me and not wondering what I’m saying. As far as cussing; why cuss to get your point across? Same thing with yelling. Also, when someone is yelling, it always make me feel scared, so I don’t do it.

Not once have I ever wanted to be another ethnicity. I’m proud of my heritages, both the the Black American and the Native American…even my Middle Eastern side from my dad. I have never bleached my skin to become lighter or anything. I have never seen myself as trying to act anyway