Or, that you would be relieved if it could be taken from you.

…ngs I’m into, but it is only a comment on me not fitting the image they have of a black person. But when I exhibit resistance to accept such a title, the white person exclaims it as a compliment — as if the inherent superiority of whiteness should leave me honored to be counted among their ranks. And more impactfully, it suggests that my blackness is something that can be taken from me. That my…

Reflections From a Token Black Friend

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Julia E Hubbel

1 min readJun 9, 2020

Or, that you would be relieved if it could be taken from you. Or grateful. As if it’s Blackface you can wash off and day’s end. Just a joke.

Um, no. It isn’t.

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Stay tuned for some crossposting. Right now you can peruse my writing on Substack at https://toooldforthis.substack.com/ More to come soon.

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