As so many of these stories told by white journalists, this was really messy at parts and preoccupied with its own self and not with actually confronting and grappling with white supremacy (which is not something whiteness can actually do anyways), but it’s still well-written piece.

    Briana L. Urena-Ravelo

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    Writer. Community organizer. Errant punk. Ne’er do well. Afro-Dominicana. High Hex Femme. Email: Dominicanamalisima@gmail.com

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