Acceptance can set you free. Being comfortable in your own skin plays a very important part in the way one lives their life. As we grow older, we begin to see how diversity is not wanted but needed in our daily life. Who cares if you are green, black, or purple? Oops some people are bothered by the color of my skin, but I don’t care about them all I know is that I am beautiful. Risk crisis was new to me, because where I grew up there was no such thing at risk crisis. All I knew is that we were all humans.

Here is a quote from the article the Power of Identity Politics “I am really sick of hearing all that stuff. Black, white, blah blah blah. We need to stop doing that shit. It only gets on my nerves. When are we going to get around to being human!” The question is, why do white people act so intimidated when they hear the word racism? Not all but most of them quietly throw the race card out when it’s convenient to them. Maybe if they try living in my black skin for a while, they will understand better.

             Oftentimes black people feel powerless when it comes to race, I am the mother of a young black lady I have spent 26 years making sure that she feels powerful every day of her life. According to the Power of Identity Politics “defines power as the ability to make decisions that affect your own life and the lives of others, the freedom to shape and determine the story of who we are. Power also means having the ability to reward and punish and decide how resources are distributed.” We should all be proud of who we are, how we look, and live comfortably without fear ridicule and being misunderstood.