This is a sad and ridiculously ignorant statement. In one breath you're saying people should fight against stereotypesyet your entire argument perpetuates a stereotype of what being black is. There is no singular "black" identity. There is no specific behaviors or interests that define blackness. The only people that are "trying too hard" are the ones that participate in coonery and caricature because they think that's what being black is.

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She is not mixedshe is a black woman from two black parents. Like every other attractive black woman on IMDB, there is mention of Native American ancestry in the trivia section, and ignorant people take this to mean the actress has one black parent and one non-white parent. As is often the case with African-Americans, the Native ancestry is many generations back, and sometimes nothing more than unproven family lore. I have no idea who submits trivia to IMDB and how/if they it confirm with the actual actor, but Aisha has never identified herself as anything other than black.

She is of mixed heritage and is therefore stuck between a rock and a hard place. She is "not enough" of one thing or the other so she's trying to find a balance and she wants to let people know that just because she's this or that doesn't mean she's going to act this or that way.

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You could take this same entire post and apply it to how Aisha is trying to prove to the world that she's not like all women. All women are like X, but Aisha plays video games and got raised by her pops, so she's "not like any woman you've ever met."
That's just Aisha's style of comedy. I honestly don't find her standup terribly funny, but she cracks me up in interviews. She takes pride in being intellectual and independent (probably too much pride sometimes) and she uses her perspective to poke fun at the things in life she perceives as funny. I don't think that means she's denying her blackness or her woman-ness or anything else. Check out her video "no ass at all" on youtube. It may reaffirm your belief that she's disowning blackness, but from my perspective, she's telling her own story about growing up not really fitting in with any particular group, and making her own way. To me it's a funny story, as well as one that I can relate to.
You said she's denying her roots, but just because you have certain roots doesn't mean you have life experience to match.

I can't believe there are still so many ignorant pin-heads in the United States, nearly 150 years after the Emancipation Proclimation, and more than 200 years after our founding fathers proclaimed that all men (and by extension, all women) are created equal. Maybe she is focusing on the fact that she is AMERICAN and that she is simply behaving the way she wants!!!
For every one of your so called "racial" stereotypes, I'll bet you can find at least one person that totally destroys it.
As for Aisha, I think she's awesome; she's hot, she's smart, and she's funny.

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And I hope the world distances itself from you.

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This was very well said and I totally understand you. It's hard to be black, and again, like I always say, its'not for everyone.

Wonderfully said, ShanaLD. Love is love, period. And being yourself is more important than anything. That's what narrow minded people don't get when they think they can force someone to just stick to a color. That's BS. There's not a way of being black or being white or being Asian or whatever. There's only a way of being a human being and being yourself. And I'm pretty sure Aisha does just that. And so do you. That's the human spirit.

Actually, I have dated guys of many backgrounds. I have dated Asians, Europeans, West Indians. I always figured, "why limit myself by something like color." If my husband was a black dude instead of a white dude, he would still very much be my husband.

ShanaLD writes:

I am a black woman with a white husband. My two favorite bands are Nine Inch >Nails and Depeche Mode.
Did you ever give black guys5b4 a chance? There are some of us who don't "fit" into boxes either.

How exactly is she not proud of who she is?
I always find this kind of attitude funny coming from Black Americans. Why must she act a certain way to prove she is okay with being black? And what is with the American obsession with fitting into a specific box?
I am a black woman with a white husband. My two favorite bands are Nine Inch Nails and Depeche Mode. I grew up around mostly Mexican and white people in Southeast Texas. Does that mean I feel less about my race? I have personally had to deal with people like you all my life telling me that I speak like a white person or whatever just because I use proper English and actually lack a discernable accent (that actually comes from living all over the US and overseas and having foreign born parents).
Being different from the stereotype (and that is what "acting black" is) does not make you embaressed of who you are.

wow at the majority of this thread and the direction they took ittalk about self righteous Dudly Do-Rights.
chaplin_7, i see you. where you're coming from from your point of view and i understand it.
Monkey B is not a personMonkey is a soul, that LIVES, in many bodies.

THAT'S funny I saw her on "Jeopardy!" and I freakin' jumped up and down cheering for her! I LOVE a smart sister, be she black, white, Asian, or a beautiful combination thereof.

Wow,
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I said I was annoyed with the way she was acting on there. She seems stuck-up & cocky.
And if I could've reached through the TV, I would've knocked her out. She annoyed me, that's all.

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I do think she prefers to be around non-black people, but that's her choice.
I just find her highly annoying. I saw her on 'Jeopardy' and I felt like punching her in the face!!