Summary
When asked to define my race on job applications I check the "Black" box, and if it were 1960 I would probably pick out my afro and hold up my fist along with everybody else proudly proclaiming "Black power."
The difference between today's reality and the movie is that most of us can't be placed into the narrow category of a dark-skinned nappy-haired, socially conscious Migaboo" fighting for Black rights or a light-skinned weave-wearing stuck-up who wants to be white.At the end of "School Daze," Laurence Fishburne's character brings his whole Black university together in hopes of breaking them free of the mental bondage. Through a bullhorn, he yells the words that our school and community desperately need to hear-"WAKE UP!"See the full content of this document
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Lighter, Darker but Still Black
(BLACK COLLEGE WIRE)-I am a young Black woman with a skin complexion matching the color of brown sugar straight out of the package. M...
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