(Um, I suck at updating at the moment. But I'll do what I can for this "challenge" lol)
There's a whole lot I feel strongly about but I'll stick to one topic, because once again this played out recently. So, I have a huge issue with racial/ethnic categories in American culture. They don't make sense to me and make me feel rather uncomfortable that I'm forced to call myself something that I am not. I'm not "African-American." I'm not "plain ole black." I'm not, not black. I grew up where black people were rejecting my blackness and white people were rejecting my native American background, because it seemed only they could be native. I'm too dark to be mixed, I'm too "white" to be black, I'm too "strange" to be American I'm too ignorant about my culture to fully embrace being Cherokee. I'm too far removed to be Irish. And so on paperwork, my ass needs to check black or I'm dishonoring my "African Ancestors" who I don't even know, and if I say I'm Native I'm supposed to have my "tribal card" and be able to explain my blood quantum. I'm so tired of it, and I hate being forced to choose when I'm happily identifying as a Woman of Color.
I hate the boxes. I'm sure in a way we all do. So that's what grinds me gears.
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