Color Me Black In Maine

black is beautiful

I along with others should not have to fear for our freedom, education, and play rights . We shouldn’t have to protest because others will never accept us. There’s a lot of stuff that we shouldn’t have to do , but we need to . Because if we don’t fix the issues surrounding us, I don’t think any of us really will. Have a nice day!
-L

Equality. We all talk about yes? We all have a say? But when it comes to nipping every specific subject in the bud, everyone feels really uncomfortable. My mother's heritage goes way back to South Africa, and my mother is Puerto Rican. I am one of the darker skinned Hispanics, but I am also Sub-Saharan African. I grew up in a more diverse community, making it easier for me to grow up with little to no racism. Northern Maine has to be one of the most rural places, that I believe I've ever been to. I hurt every day in a new way by the things people do, or the awful sexist, racist, and pure ignorant things they say. Most of them my 'friends'. Every day its a different thing but in a way it's the same thing. You get used to it. I know I do. Being called a either tenses of the N word puts you in a specific place. I'm okay now, I'm managing. I use this negativity and put into something healthy for myself. I encourage you to do the same. Help someone. Say Hi to someone. And get involved, not even stretch that far. But give someone that love that not many people get to have when they have to go through similar things that I myself have to go through.
-L