Hi, I’m African American and I have Mental Illness

LeTavious Hemingway
Nov 5 · 6 min read
Silence isn’t always golden

Growing up in the African American culture means that you are bequeathed a lot of ancestral pride in the accomplishments of your people and all the things they have overcome. It means that you are taught to be strong, damn near unbreakable in the face of a society that will not fully accept you for who you are simply because your genetics coded for you to have a bit more melanin. As a African American…

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LeTavious Hemingway

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