Dear White People? Is it So Hard To Tell Black People Apart?

Because really, Beyoncé and Viola Davies don’t look one bit alike

Photo by Jabari Timothy on Unsplash

I started braiding my hair when I was 13, not because I wanted to, but because at the time — we’re talking late 80s, I couldn’t find a Black hairdresser who would do my hair without asking my mother to pay upwards of 600$. So, one summer, I sat in front…

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Rebecca Stevens A.

I write about racism, but there are so many other things I would like to write about instead. Help me dismantle racism so that I can get to that.