"I'm not African, my parents are…"

"When I was younger, I always told people, "I'm not African, my parents are..." I told people this because Africans were looked down upon. I used to care about what people thought about me. But as I got older, I stopped caring." - Sidi Thiam

White America and Color Blindness

When I think of the term color blindness, I think of colors like purple, red, and green. I remember when someone told me that they were color blind. I was confused, and I thought to myself, what colors can't they see? I immediately panicked, thinking, oh my gosh, does it mean that they can't see …

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