#being told he was proud (and lack of achievements worth a damn to society) bc like. a white cis man will /generally/ get more | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

lesenbyan · 3 months ago

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Me: listening to So You Want To Talk About Race

Me: oh I am learning a lot about my relationship to blackness in this book written by another black woman raised by a white parent (identities to that differing widely)

#personal;#i will probably write a long rambly Post Later (like tomorrow or something)#but i Realized (part of) why i have so much issue relating to blackness this morning bc of something the author says to her (white) mother #and am realizing that /maybe/ race might also be part of why dad was genuinely shocked i thought i was a disappointment for lack of #being told he was proud (and lack of achievements worth a damn to society) bc like. a white cis man will /generally/ get more #for just existing than a shy black girl with emotional regulation issues #*girl/woman re me in this post being used for intersectionality reasons and not gender #well. kinda gender. i WAS a girl. once. until somewhere in my teens #regardless!#i'm very tired but my brain is cooking #i had to turn the book off bc brain cooking too much i can feel it buzzing and i have no energy to deal with the thoughts/emotions making #it buzz and fizzle so #i should force myself to shower #but!!!!!! emphatically recommend to anyone white wanting to learn how to talk about this stuff while being white #and understand concepts you might not get (tho beginnerish level)

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