MickeyMousekawitzaPocahontaSchnitzelWop

All the hooey about re-naming one race again. A rose by any other would smell as sweet. A man by his actions is held in esteem by his peers and named accordingly. So.... Negro, Colored, Black, African-American, People of Color?Let's settle it once and for all shall we?
D A R K I E S
Displaced Africans Reclaiming Kinship In Every Skintone. It's kinda retro and mysterious, let's go with it. Makes me think of Wesley Snipes in Blade. Yeah, he was one cool DARKIE. I'm Russian, Native American,German, Irish, Italian. Suppose I should call myself a MickeyMousekawitzaPocahontaSchnitzelWop ?
Why should a people who overcame slavery, immigration and assimilation into an English culture have such low esteem as a group? And that they feel the overwhelming desire to keep re-naming themselves as a race? Instead of all the darn pep-talks and finding a "name" for your people, how about just being people too good too worry about the label on your skin? If you really believe you are more than your skintone, the label becomes less important. I don't care if folks call me "Crisco", "Frosty", "Avalanche", etc. I am Kimarie. I am a woman, I am a human. I am mother and grandmother, wife , daughter and friend. I know who am. I am one of kind made by the hand of God. There is none like me. I need no labels. I am me. Now that my Native American Tribal Affiliation is upcoming, I will be given my tribal name. I hope it's not "GotJunkinhertrunk", "All Mouth, No Ears", "Runs From Bugs", "Cries on A Scale", or "Daughter of the Nocturnal Winds" or "Thunderthighs". But if it is...no biggie, because I know who I am inside and that is what it's all about.

by Kimarie Manhart-Freeman