Does seem odd to know of something without being informed of it first but all of us grew up in tv, particularly 70-80’s reruns, so even if parents didnt say the quiet part outloud, the Jefferson’s, Goodtimes and even 21 Jumpstreet did.

Then again I do recall being 4 and wishing to be like the little white girls in commercials cause it looked like they had everything, from the perfect girl’s bedroom and all the fun toys. I said it outloud and my Ma stopped and educated me on the beauty of being Black and Blackness, but as I think about it now I never wanted to change being Black me, I just wanted the what tv showed me the little white girls had.