Kings and Queens
I swear if I see "we come from kings and queens" again (today) I may scream. While I totally get the idea of presenting a positive image of Black people in opposition to the all too often negative ones that seem to be everywhere, I cannot make sense of the insistence that ALL Black people are the descendants of kings and queens.
I mean in sheer logistics it's not reasonable. If we are all the descendants of the kings and queens then we are all coming from tribes where there were no non-royalty. Do I believe that some of us living in the US are direct descendants of royalty from various areas in Africa, well sure. On the other hand the vast majority of people, not just the progeny of slaves, have no royal forefathers.
It's like the "everyone is beautiful" not true. Most people are average looking (hence average) and there is no shame in that. There is also no shame in not having a royal antecedent. Most people are not royalty and if we were then what exactly would royalty be? The value of it lies in it's very exclusivity.
I'm more than likely begotten from good peasant or whatever the average tribesperson was and I'm good with that. In order to have worth I don't need to put on airs, I just need to be comfortable in being me.
I mean in sheer logistics it's not reasonable. If we are all the descendants of the kings and queens then we are all coming from tribes where there were no non-royalty. Do I believe that some of us living in the US are direct descendants of royalty from various areas in Africa, well sure. On the other hand the vast majority of people, not just the progeny of slaves, have no royal forefathers.
It's like the "everyone is beautiful" not true. Most people are average looking (hence average) and there is no shame in that. There is also no shame in not having a royal antecedent. Most people are not royalty and if we were then what exactly would royalty be? The value of it lies in it's very exclusivity.
I'm more than likely begotten from good peasant or whatever the average tribesperson was and I'm good with that. In order to have worth I don't need to put on airs, I just need to be comfortable in being me.
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