Post AVZTH5uysIMBu246D2 by Zest@nnia.space
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 (DIR) Post #AVZTH5uysIMBu246D2 by Zest@nnia.space
       2023-05-12T06:25:14Z
       
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       I can't get the white people in my life to understand or appreciate the boondocks, so instead I'm reading through the comic strip from beginning to end. It's so good. Also huey insisting that jazmine is black really feels good and affirming as a light skinned mixed race person. I don't strongly relate to her feelings of not belonging, but I know my dad did, and I know that's why he always made sure I knew we were black. But I've never felt rejected by black people irl (internet people are all kinds of ways) and its always been more comfy to identify as black because white people still don't understand me completely and still treat my hair like a novelty and still say racist things right in front of me thinking I'm white! So I always make sure to let people know I'm black when I get the chance. But I do relate to not knowing how to have nice hair. To cringing a bit when people refer to your hair as an afro when that wasn't what you were going for. To trying to conform to white beauty standards.