Skin color seems to prevent one from seeing the genuine self behind that fine membrane. Throughout her journey through life, Lorene Cary truly understands that skin color is simply that, a color. There is no mistaking however that being black has defined who she is in various ways. Throughout Black Ice, Lorene Cary's personal feelings about being black have darted from feeling like she had to conceal her blackness to having the urge to have it exposed out for every one to notice. Stating that Lorene Cary has one specific definition of what being black means to her would be a lie when in fact, she has many.

Towards the beginning of her educational journey through St. Paul's, the idea of being black had seemed demeaning to Lorene Cary. "In the aftermath of Black is Beautiful, I began to feel black and blue, big and black, black and...