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"you're like the whitest black guy I know" - Apply Texas Topic B


reggaedomi 2 / 3  
Dec 1, 2011   #1
Choose an issue of importance to you-the issue could be personal, school related, local, political, or international in scope-and write an essay in which you explain the significance of that issue to yourself, your family, your community, or your generation.

"Dominique, you're like the whitest black guy I know," a friend once told me. According to my peers, I have a serious problem with not acting black enough. My good grades, multiple leadership roles and involvement in the school's orchestra are all reasons that my peers utilize to say that I do not act "Black" enough and claiming that my athleticism is the only thing "Black" about me. At first encounter, I did not realize that "acting white" was really a major issue until hearing about the issue in the words of Barack Obama, Bill Crosby, and a report done by a leading economist at Harvard University.

Throughout most of my high school career, I have been one of the few Black students in my above level classes while the rest of my Black friends stayed in on-level classes and generally took school less seriously. My desire to fit in with the rest of "Black" kids resulted in a drop in my previously stellar grades and a sudden disregard for the intellectual matters over which I used to obsess over. After a while, I realized that I do not have to make C's to be considered "Black" and my grades began to pick back up and my obsession with intellectual matters was rekindled. But still, I wondered about how many other Blacks nationwide were going through what I had went through. For a while, I was too busy with school to research on the effects of "acting white". Then one day when looking for someone who is influential to me (Barack Obama) I saw that as a Black intellectual he was accused of "acting white". I began to research the subject more deeply and realized that this is more than just a problem in my area, but a nationwide epidemic and even Obama addressed the issue in a Keynote address at the Democratic Convention in 2004.

This essay is incomplete and I would like to know where i should go with the essay.
megcasey 1 / 2  
Dec 1, 2011   #2
i think you should maybe pick a quote from barack obama that stood out to you and maybe that will be all you need to finish up the essay. it should give you a new direction that brings about more of your passion. great start, though :)
maroon5 9 / 57  
Dec 4, 2011   #3
You should most definitely keep talking about yourself and your perception rather than start talking about some black leader....I suggest you remove some of the last lines and elaborate more on the difficulties you faced upon being labeled as a "white black" and how you came to realize that you would rather pursue your interests and stay to yourself rather than conform to society's norms...show how you are now your own man...and then maybe talk about how you feel about the issue on the national or international stage...post your full version if you want it revised....GOOD LUCK

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