tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6957133.post113798287097035395..comments2023-10-30T11:05:47.708-04:00Comments on Poetry, Rants, Woman & Power: WATERMELON SEEDSMahogany L. Brownehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09125114786556698316noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6957133.post-1138206398991375782006-01-25T11:26:00.000-05:002006-01-25T11:26:00.000-05:00Feel you. Austin is not particulairly "URBAN", but...Feel you. Austin is not particulairly "URBAN", but because it is a "college" town it has it's share of wi%%as.. and they use the word a lot in conversation with one another. Also having attended a private catholic university and private school on and off thru out high school, I have been told, "well you're not really black, well, you know you don't sound or act black" by well meaning others... I think I have become somewhat numb. As I can't expect another group of people not to stop using it, when in fact, we (as a culture) embrace it and use it at times, oddly enough endearing.. and have the audacity to become enraged when used by another.. I liken it to if I consistently called myself a bitch where others could hear, they hear other people calling me bitch and I seemingly accept it, and at times welcome it.. can I really be angry if someone walks up and calls me bitch? I use the word ni%%a infrequently, and am working on eliminating it from my vocabulary. I have to get back with you on this one... but if I had to answer today, if someone, anyone called me ni%%a and I don't refer to myself as such, I would be enraged, even if they didn't mean it in a bad way.my coffee is alwayshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09285483035159905788noreply@blogger.com