Being Black

I like this piece because Allison makes me feel comfortable in my skin. People tell me a lot that I act too white and that I need to associate and learn more ways of black people, to become ?Ghetto?. But really there are many different ways of being African American. She puts a situation out there that I can relate to. She explains to listeners that African Americans can be intelligent people who do not act ghetto and use slang. Then she goes into saying that people think she acts Caucasian because she does not use slang, or act ghetto. Allison?s mother feels that her daughter should hang around black people. But Allison does not see it that way. She sees it for the more important things, that people should not have friends just for their race, but for their personality. The only thing that the piece is missing is energy; the piece needs music and another tone of voice. But the piece still remains good.

-Adomako