I Won’t Hide My Blackness Around White Friends

Or how I went from hiding my Blackness from whites to embracing it.

Photo by Ehimetalor Akhere Unuabona on Unsplash

Relationships with white people can be difficult when you’re Black.

Case in point: A couple of years ago, I had a crush on this white guy I volunteered with at a nursing home. Once our day at the facility was through, we went out for a late…