White people. Did you ever hate being white as kids and wanted to be born a different race instead?

When I was a kid, I wanted straight blonde hair. Much lighter skin. I thought being white would make me beautiful, and this meant resenting my super curly hair and brown skin. It felt like being white would also be my ticket into being liked by more people and adults in my school

Only in my late teens did it really start to click that my skin and hair is beautiful, that I can be proud to be black. But what hurts is that so many bipoc have experienced this as kids, will experience this while growing up, and currently are experiencing it right now.

My kid siblings tell me how they wish they were white so they could be pretty/beautiful regularly. My sister cries because she’s not a blonde, blue-eyed girl. That fucking hurts. Now imagine you’re white and haven’t come close to experiencing this and say some dizzy shit like

“I don’t like big noses/ black girls because it’s a personal preference”. You should be so lucky to have that kind of privilege, but we’re fucking tired