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Sometimes I’m a black. Not everyone realizes blackness has to be conferred upon you again and again. It’s like getting your nails done. Or being pantsed. People assume I’m cool.

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Growing up in a culture that constantly reminds one that they are an outsider can be deeply destructive, especially since that standard voice is so very strong, and becomes ingrained in the consciousness so early. Survival requires finding a way to come to peace with that voice and all the others: to subdue it, or to make it work towards one's own ends. The tale would be different indeed if Pegasus talked back to Perseus.
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