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 people . TV 's ` ` ' - ish '' and ` ` Dear White People '' ' are based on the challenge . Seymour : Both believe there as are many ways to be black as there are to be white , or brown .
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 : Both show there as are many ways to be black as there are to be white , or brown .