Accepting My Culture

  Growing up in a black culture comes with struggles, often fearing for your life and never  knowing who is watching and how they feel about African Americans. Living as a black person is like walking on eggshells or hot coal. Yet my skin, hair, and body are the wave of black culture; everyone in the world wants the style and class of black culture. According to  Maya Angelo, “I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you  did, but people will never forget how you made the m feel.” As a culture, it is  important to make black people feel accepted. Black women struggle with elements of identity, stereotypes, and forgiveness within the African American culture. Identity plays an essential part in black women and black culture. In my culture, we must keep ourselves apart. If we do not look a certain way or carry ourselves a certain way, we are  automatically assumed to be “ghetto.” In the article, A Letter to My Niece, the aut...