If you call yourself trying to combat racism by making nice with white people (and when I say making nice, I mean POC who have a majority of white friends and have adopted “whiteness” as their personality—ya’ll know who I’m talmbout)…let me clue you in on how often that…
It really IS very lonely having all-White or majority-White friends.
I’ve NEVER felt more lonely in my entire life. I’m not use to this. To add to the fact most of these white kids don’t seem to be use to anything that isn’t white and most come from well off backgrounds— it makes me feel more out of place. Ceiling cat send me a black or brown friend that grew up in the shit part of their city PLEASE!! I knew where i grew up in London wasn’t that nice but i didn’t realise how much better other people had it. OH! you’re going in your 2nd holiday (on a whim) with friends since starting university…k.
Fuck being a token.
That’s why I live for talking to Black folk online. It’s interesting. Online, most of the folk I associate with are Black. In the 3-D, most of the folk I associate with are White. Even my husband understands that I NEED to connect with Black folks SOMETIMES and how alone I feel most of the time when I’m not online.
Interesting read. I will also make the case that some of us get shoved into “Whiteness” simply because we don’t fit a...
Yes!! to the previous commentary.
Also, I didn’t ask to be the way I am, and I sure as hell didn’t ask to be tormented by other Black kids for it. And...
Undercaffeinated, constantly.: TW: Rape - A Message...folks. Well I’ve learned my lesson.
Oh gosh, if this
Ugh, i was that person for too long. i remember i was dating a white guy who was soo incredibly racist, and he would do...
In a lot of ways I’m still there. I live in a state that’s 98% white and I’m lucky if I see another POC so it’s really...
I went to school in a virtuallly all-white area after going to school at a private school run by a Black activist who...
This touches a lot of sore spots for me personally. Having grown up with no choice but to make nice with Whiteness or be...
This is part of the reason i’m on tumblr so much more. I wish i stayed in London and went university there sometimes. I...
Yeeesss. My 3D life is so white it hurts (and I honestly mean it hurts sometimes), whereas online is where I get to talk...
That’s why I live for talking to Black folk online. It’s interesting. Online, most of the folk I associate with are...
This is also true of the Latino community.
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