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Those of us who affirmed our own agency and power by learning from and with our moms. My mom’s stories are her own but she and I together have unpacked many cultural myths to learn better self compassion, willingness to identify racism, less perfectionism.
💪🏽💪🏻💪🏿 @DrvanTilburg
💪🏽💪🏻💪🏿 @DrvanTilburg
This is a type of trauma many WOC/POC experience. My mom’s hair is extremely thick, textured. I recall her being very fixated on making sure her own hair & our hair was always incredibly neat.
More recently I’ve come to understand this matches an experience of having black hair.
More recently I’ve come to understand this matches an experience of having black hair.
The so-called “model minority “is taught to align with white culture, to suppress oneself in order to layer under & serve white supremacy.
I have worked to remove internalized racism, colorism, self hate & learned from #blackexcellence on:
chalkbeat.org/2020/1/16/2112…
I have worked to remove internalized racism, colorism, self hate & learned from #blackexcellence on:
chalkbeat.org/2020/1/16/2112…
