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I told this story to my fellow members of PBCC (Pro Black Citizens Committee) (Its a sort of "club" in my 21% black town, for pro black, black people), and they, frankly, told me that I was "trying too hard", and that I should apologize to my friends brother, because apparently how I behaved is not what PBCC is about.
PBCC also said that if I keep "behaving in this manner", I will be kicked out of the committee, because apparently I am "giving them a bad name". As this is a smallish (not super small, though) town, stories, within the black community of this town, tend to get around.
Should I apologize to the kid? What should I do? I thought all of us in the PBCC were all about being pro black, but they are being wimpy as hell, I feel like. I was standing firmly, and un-apologetically in my beliefs. I don't really understand what I did wrong. The idea that I was "trying too hard", is honestly bullshit. If we want to change our situation, as a race, I feel like we need to be assertive, and I'm not just talking about in situations like with my friends brother, but just in general!
What the hell did I do wrong? And how do I change my behavior that apparently isn't good, even though I think it completely is?