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The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,735 posts) Sun Jun 7, 2020, 07:41 PM Jun 2020

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"Reflections From A Token Black Friend" - insightful essay,

and if you're white (like me), it might make you uncomfortable, as it should. https://medium.com/rnagarajah2/reflections-from-a-token-black-friend-2f1ea522d42d

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"Reflections From A Token Black Friend" - insightful essay, (Original Post) The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2020 OP

+++ still_one Jun 2020 #1

I can't identify with a lot of this Skittles Jun 2020 #2

still_one

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1. +++

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Sun Jun 7, 2020, 07:57 PM

Jun 2020

Skittles

(153,169 posts)

2. I can't identify with a lot of this

Reply to The Velveteen Ocelot (Original post)

Sun Jun 7, 2020, 08:45 PM

Jun 2020

I THINK because I grew up as a GI brat, moved all the time and was very used to having black friends whose dads were the same rank as my dad.

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