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I’m tired of racism and the way anti-blackness creeps into my everyday life.

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I knew that I was not the same color as either of my parents. I was darker than my mom, but lighter than my father.

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You’ll never be noticed or called out for wearing that same printed top for the second time in a week.

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I was stared at, pointed at, laughed at, and even asked to take pictures, because of how different I looked compared to the people they were used to seeing.

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You appear confident and mysterious. Because yes, black gives off the vibe that you aren’t to be messed with.

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“Why can’t black people just get over slavery? It happened over 400 years ago.”

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But we have not escaped this myth that we are neither less than or superhuman.

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“Slow down, mister, I don’t really understand.
Are you black or what? Cause my pops says being black
Is bad, but you don’t sound that messed up
So I’m just wondering, are you really black or
Are you something else?”

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Before the Rap Game Tupac Shakur was born in the East Harlem area of Manhattan, New York into a family heavily involved in the Black Panther Party.

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“But like, you’re not really black. You’re basically a white girl!”