Class blog for SUNY Fredonia HIST/WOST 359 Ethnicity and Race, Meeting TR 12:30-1:50 p.m., Spring 2011. Taught by professor Jeffry J. Iovannone.
Friday, February 11, 2011
Post #3 experiences with racial comments
In high school I experienced many with race. From reading another post it sparked me to talk about my experiences with the term "oreo". Im sure others in the class have heard this term many times as I have. It is someone who is "black" on the outside (their skin color) but they are "white" on the inside. It is a bad term to use especially because its not that they are white on the inside or because they dress or act white. It is just simply who they are and a few of my friends are what you would hear as oreos but that does not matter to me because I like who they are and I do not see how they are white on the inside. I know they have had it said to them and they have taken it in stride and just simply laughed it off even though it is a hurtful comment. I could care less if they act "white" or "black" as long as I like them for who they are it does not matter to me.
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