What I was thinking about last night, was how I have heard nearly all of my friends--hmm... Yes. I have heard nearly all of my friends, at some point or another, mention--directly or not--that their family would be borderline mortified if they took up with a Black person.
At this point in my life, I don't even raise an eyebrow anymore. Anti-Blackness is so real--in and outside communities of colour--I'm surprised when I don't hear someone mention how they could never date/marry a Black person without some relative flipping a table in disapproval. It doesn't mean that it doesn't hurt or that I don't feel saddened that people of African descent are still regarded as undesirable and less than, if not sub-human. I just am no longer surprised when I hear this.
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