Black Girl In Suburbia documentary trailer

Black Girl In Suburbia is a feature documentary that looks into the experiences of black girls growing up in predominately white communities. This is a different look into suburbia from the perspective of women of color. This film explores through professional and personal interviews the conflict and issues black girls have relating to both white and black communities.

Black Girl In Suburbia intends to spark an open dialogue about race, identity, and perspective among all people, in hopes that these discussions will allow us to reconsider perceptions of ourselves, others and the communities in which we live and share.

Summer 2012
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[201stars]

i can so relate.. to this except i didnt grow up in the suburbs i grew up in the hood, but i was always too white... so i had nowhere to fit in and no one to relate to. i was always self conscious about getting good grades talking proper being on honor roll, not being in fights all the time.. it was a real struggle for me. :/ thank you for this

[PrinceDreLance]

Us Black guys should not let our women go through this STAND UP!

[mayflowerstein]

this is just dumb

[MrVeesworld]

I grew up in white suburbs for most of my life with exceptions of 2 years during high school. I was always reminded by my own that, I sound "too white" and proper, but I never allowed that to deter me from achieving and seeing a much larger view of the world outside of theirs. After visiting 14 countries, living in NY, San Francisco, Amsterdam + appearing on TV, radio, national magazines for a variety of reasons (investing, entertainment and commercial announcing) I see how clear English helped.

[seraphimo7]

The black community seems like the only community that cares about what other black people do.

[ElmoVee]

@7CitesChic757 Isn't that more of a regional thing, though? I had no idea what grits were either, until I moved to the Southern United States (GA), where it's extremely prevalent.

[bigboijones]

@PrinceDreLance what about us guys who grew up in similar situations though?

[7CitesChic757]

I literally just got off the phone with my mom today about this topic. I was complaining that the local Walmart didn't carry Organic Root Stimulator Twist & Loc Gel. She told me that when our family moved to MA (back in the 70's)... *NOBODY* knew what Grits were. She honest to God had to bring a box of Grits to the store manager at Star Market in our town and ask for them to start carrying them. (little known black history fact)

[Smiilez03]

i'm excited for this.

[lilliroberts]

I got along well for the most part, because everyone I knew was upper middle class, so money and good grades was very important, and I was able to fit in that way. In response to questions about my "blackness", I finally started saying that I was "Cosby Show black" and that worked, since people could relate to those black people, even though they were different from what they expected the "norm" to be. Sad.

[HowToBecomeTV]

great stuff!