"Mi Negra"

Short and sweet and simply said "negra"
 

Negra translated into the female form of the color black. 

Negro- the color black.
 

This term of endearment has been used so loose and 

comfortably that we/they have gotten used to it.
 
So the other day a woman greeted me saying " hola mi negra", 

y yo oblivious to what she had just said, greeted her as I 

normally do.
 
Sweet as can be this woman is probably in her mid 50's, 

and from a very different time period than I am. 

I see her everyday in at my office kitchen, 

while making my breakfast we chit chat. 

We talk about anything really. Her family, 

mine, what's going on that day, etc. 

I never imagined that I would be writing about her. 
 
I don't expect any type of contentment to come 

from writing about this encounter nor am I upset 

at the term or the person it came from. 
It just opens my eyes on a larger scale. 

It says a lot about the things that have been 

ingrained in our people for a really long time. 

How far back does this really go? 

When did the color war actually start?