Gene Seymour challenged for most of his life by other black people as `` not black enough '' He says it 's as wounding as a racial epithet from white person . TV 's `` Black-ish '' and `` Dear White People '' movie are taking on the subject . Seymour : Yet that dismal transaction represents one of the very few times in history that wrangling over whether somebody is or is n't Black I'm just trying to make sure that my children know what is going on in this country, because they're being lied to about race.
Gene Seymour challenged for most of his life by other black people as `` not black enough '' He says it 's as wounding as a racial epithet from white person . TV 's `` Black-ish '' and `` Dear White People '' movie are taking on the subject . Seymour : I'm just trying to make sure that my children know what is going on in this country, because they're being lied to about race.