I Thought Having Lighter Skin Would Make Me Easier to Love
Nov 5 · 8 min read

Growing up, I faced a lot of ridicule at home. Whenever my grandmother wasn’t around, my two light-skinned siblings would bombard me with violence or insults or both, seemingly out of nowhere. My skin complexion was their all-time favorite target. Though I can’t tell you exactly what was said. Those memories are somewhere hiding, and no matter how much I called out to them while writing…

