I can't tell you how many times I've heard someone say "You shouldn't go to an HBCU because the world isn't all black and you need to learn to associate with other races"
so yea, like the title asks...are you comfortable around other races? or do you just tolerate them because you HAVE to?
I wasn't worried about attending an HBCU, because I had gone to a diverse high school. I have learned how to carry myself around people of different ethnicities, and now I needed to see other Blacks who are like myself.
i went to an all black high school.. and now i go to an HBCU...
but because i chose to sit out of school for X amount of years before attending college.. i learned to work with other races..
So yeah i would say im comfortable being around other races.
I am, but for some reason it feels a bit weird talkin to them after bein at FAMU for 3.5 years. I always went to schools that were very mixed from Kindergarden to 12th grade, and I always had to talk to all different races. Now, I can still talk to them, but it just seems harder for me to relate to them unless they are interested in the same music and sports I'm into, or if they went to a similar school or have a similar major you know. It really just depends on who they are. I went to a weak **** New Years party at this girl's house from my HS, and me n my boys were the only blacks there. I won't say I really felt uncomfortable, but I just couldn't catch their vibe and have fun doin the same things they were, such as the random **** screamin "whooooooooo, yeaaaah!!", and throwin champaigne on everybody in there. But at the same time, bein from LA, it's weird bein around some people in the south who act "stereotypically down south", with swingin the dreds, showin golds, jumpin and pushin, etc. etc.
^^^ um okay.
Yo it's funny because today I was in this ritzy mall and there were barely any black people and I definitely felt like one of the only black people. I went into Abercrombie and I had to leave because I just felt sooooo out of place. It's funny because I looked the upper-middle class part, but I just felt so colored, to paraphrase Zora Neale Hurston lol.
The salesgirl in Saks gave me an attitude too, I felt like saying, Chick I'm buying a $50 tee-shirt, the least you can do is smile. I can't wait to go back to Howard and just be me not "black me".
I am, but for some reason it feels a bit weird talkin to them after bein at FAMU for 3.5 years. I always went to schools that were very mixed from Kindergarden to 12th grade, and I always had to talk to all different races. Now, I can still talk to them, but it just seems harder for me to relate to them unless they are interested in the same music and sports I'm into, or if they went to a similar school or have a similar major you know. It really just depends on who they are. I went to a weak **** New Years party at this girl's house from my HS, and me n my boys were the only blacks there. I won't say I really felt uncomfortable, but I just couldn't catch their vibe and have fun doin the same things they were, such as the random **** screamin "whooooooooo, yeaaaah!!", and throwin champaigne on everybody in there. But at the same time, bein from LA, it's weird bein around some people in the south who act "stereotypically down south", with swingin the dreds, showin golds, jumpin and pushin, etc. etc.
I agree with you 100%. My situation is exactly like yours. Only difference is that I'm used to the "gold fronts" and "jumpin' and pushin'". I have a hard time relating to kats from up north. Half the time they can't understand what I'm saying whenever I talk.
