I didnāt capitalize Blacks and I donāt think it would have made a difference – āWhat race do I identify as? Well – a large number of African Americans know Iām mixed but theyāre never sure with what. White people never know either š Latin Americans? Automatically. š¤£ I am Afro-Mexicana. My biggest issue is…
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There are some touchy topics Iām going to cover here, but they are all truths. I long abandoned the āread for readā group antics of other writers because I was out of place. Iāve had many writers, especially white women, confront me for no reason other than fear. While I am prolific, imagine 20 year…
Arguing With Idiots
I remove myself from situations where people assume a woman of color knows nothing. If youāre a mortician now, your practice counts for nothing hundreds of years ago. One of the major reasons formaldehyde is used when preparing a corpse is because of rigor mortis. This is when the muscles tense up after death, and…