Talking "White" Huh

Ok, brushing all school things aside. Life gets to you sometimes you know. You want to be that girl to not care about what others say or do, but in all honestly you use every aspect of claiming to not care but you really do. Intelligence seems to be a hidden component to one's self where I stay. If you go over and beyond, you are a know it all, or you are "too good." If you speak a certain way, well, with precise pronunciation and correct grammar, you "talk" white. You know, to my perception, white is a color on a color scheme template in art class.

We are our own stereotypes.

Since that is the case, Rosa Parks "talked" white, Martin Luther King Jr. W.E.B. Dubois, Barack Obama, Alvin Ailey, Duke Ellington, Sheila Jackson Lee, and the many other African-American "talk" white; for that I do not mind my precise pronunciation. I see nothing worthy of speaking as though my mind isn't working, because I know for sure I carry a brain. I know for sure the hundreds of thousands of African-American people living in the United States of America has a brain, so why are the "majority" not accepting intelligence? OH! Is it because it's not cool? You have to portray this image of the ghetto, and you want the cycle to continue, huh? Let the races begin, let's see how fast our mind capacity disintegrates then we would not have to worry about fitting in. We can all live roughly in the torn streets with violence, uneducated people while the other races look down upon us.

Sorry, I'm not with that though. So we need to work on some simple steps, they are rather easy:

• Think!
• Lead!
• Make a "positive" change no matter how small!

I'm not going to portray myself of not making mistakes, following, or conforming because we all as human beings have to learn from our mistakes. You see, what if "talking black," was the educated way of speaking, not the "ignorant" way we see it. In due time we can change the outlook on that. We are not ignorant people, so let's stop feeding each other this NONSENSE! My name is Bevin Biggers, I am an African-American girl from Houston,Tx, and I am proud to speak in precise pronunciation. I announce my significant intelligence! You should too =)