reeeeally struggling with ideas of race and identity right now. i’ve always identified as Black bc i was raised by my Black mother and my Black family and Black culture but recently i feel very fraudulent

balancing understanding lightskin privileges / colourism with the understanding that i benefit from a privilege of racial ambiguity is something i really have no confidants to talk to. all my mixed Black friends are so identifiably Black whereas i really am not & that’s complex

it’s a running joke w my friends & fam that wherever we go on holiday ppl think i’m from there. greece, italy, spain, india, malta, everywhere. that ambiguity and chameleon nature is a privilege i’ve never denied but am now affronted by

with a panel coming up i’m speaking on as a BAME rep as well as helping out with our SU’s Black history month, i feel especially unqualified to speak on these things as someone unsure of my own identity...