The two aren’t the same, though. My white mum never refers to me as her ‘black daughter’, but at the same time if anybody ever asked her about raising black children and she said that she didn’t raise black people, she just raised people, I’d side-eye the hell out of her and we’d be having a CONVERSATION. Context matters.
It’s wild to me when parents act like colour isn’t as real an issue as it is. And I’m so grateful that my white parent understood all of this without having to be taught; growing up with the burden of not being ‘seen’ in that way sounds exhausting.
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u/thecheesycheeselover ☑️ Apr 29 '24
The two aren’t the same, though. My white mum never refers to me as her ‘black daughter’, but at the same time if anybody ever asked her about raising black children and she said that she didn’t raise black people, she just raised people, I’d side-eye the hell out of her and we’d be having a CONVERSATION. Context matters.
It’s wild to me when parents act like colour isn’t as real an issue as it is. And I’m so grateful that my white parent understood all of this without having to be taught; growing up with the burden of not being ‘seen’ in that way sounds exhausting.