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Originally Posted by Acey
This part of it was so annoying. People used to stick coloured pencils in my hair for entertainment. To some degree I could understand this... they have just never seen afro textured hair and it's foreign to them. I didn't have it in my to stand up for myself.
The first girl I really liked in high school, her dad ended up sitting me down to tell me I couldn't see the daughter anymore because mom wasn't comfortable with it. He was as nice as he could possibly be about it and I respect him for that, but boy that one really hurt. I cried for a long time. That was 2006... not even that long ago. That's the only time in my life where there were thoughts in my head that I didn't want to be black anymore.
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I can relate to you in a way with this. I was dating a cuban girl and had they same thing happen. And a few years after I had a close friend and co worker who I wasn't allowed into the house he lived in . He lived with his grandparents who where immigrants from China and didn't want me in because I was non Chinese.
I know it's not the same thing as the systemic racism against minorities in N.A as needs to be discussed and fixed here . Those events tho always stuck with me tho and always made sure I treated everyone equally. It always made me imagine if I was in Cuba or China how would I feel being the minority and to be treated like that on a consistent basis. I wouldn't have liked it nor felt like I was human .
I don't know if telling these stories make any sense in the greater conversation of whats going on or its a poor little white boy story but the overall point I'm trying to make is It's 100% logical with whats going on with the protests. With the further reach of globalization we see minorities in every country being oppressed. I how this movement dosen't just reach first world countries but in other nations lile turkey with the kurds,Isreal with Palestinians , Tibet and china, etc etc.