Let's Talk: Black & White

Throughout history, African Americans have repeatedly been in situations where they have to prove themselves worthy or capable of performing certain actions. A wise man once told me, "In life, you will always have to work harder than the next person just because you're black". This is why achievements are so highly celebrated in the black community; also where the term ' Black Excellence ' comes from. From The Beginning Ever since back in a day, Blacks were only looked at as being useful for sports; basketball and football specifically. So we took that and ran with it. We have had many who have in excelled in several sports. Everything from basketball and football to tennis and gymnastics. History in the making For example, Simone Biles. Simone first came on the scene in 2016 in the Olympics, competing in individual all-around, vault and floor gold medalist, and balance-beam bronze medalist. She has won a total of 25 Olympic and World Championship medals....

Twitter's social media platform has allowed for people of all cultures to express opinions, thoughts and funny memes. White and black culture has created a social media storm known as "White Twitter" and "Black Twitter." White Twitter's culture is presented with more innocent tweets about typical white people thoughts and opinions. Black Twitter's culture is presented as more sarcastic/real tweets of what people really think about certain concepts. The big difference between white and black Twitter is that white twitter is viewed as more fluffy, "happy go lucky" people while black twitter can range from relatable, funny tweets to serious Black Lives Matter tweets. Although white twitter is not fully geared toward such serious issues as black twitter is they do have a few serious hashtags that they can use to either help or hurt a cause. Some of these hashtags include: #whitepeople, #whiteprivilage, and #itsoktobewhite. Although...

There are many stereotypes about black and white culture, one stereotype that sticks out the most is the food we eat and cook. White culture has been known for cooking with light seasoning or no seasoning at all. Whether its meat, vegetables or salad (potato, chicken, tuna, etc.) white culture is known for using the basics of seasoning: salt and pepper. Although there’s nothing wrong with salt and pepper, there are hundreds of different herbs, spices and seasonings to use with our cooking to “spice things up.” Not only do seasonings add flavor, but also visual and textural appeal. White people are known for trying to immerse ourselves into other cultures. Some examples are music, fashion, dancing, and language, but one area we lack in is food. Many other cultures use an abundance of seasonings in their meals that make them so delectable, but white culture just seems to not want to experience it. Out of all the cultural areas we immerse ourselves in I feel as though ...

via GIPHY So when you think of "Black People" food, what comes to mind? Soul food? Fried foods? That famous stereotype that we all like chicken, watermelon, lemonade/Kool-aid? Here's a quick history lesson for you guys on 'Soul food' The term food is often used when describing ethnic dishes. Many dishes have been adopted through southern style cooking. Slaves used to prepare meals with whatever leftover scraps they could find from their master. We were able to grow our own vegetables through farming and harvesting.  Source:  https://aaregistry.org/story/soul-food-a-brief-history/   I feel like in this day-in-age, Blacks have been able to prove these stereotypes false, yet they are still very prevalent. That is not all that we eat and we are very open to other cultures of food. I have also heard that stereotype that we favor spicy food. We say well-seasoned and flavorful, they say too spicy. That, like everyone else, depends on personal preference...