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[quote=Anonymous]I’m not sure why this is brand new to you.

I moved here 25 years ago. Long before Trumpism, BLM, etc. I quickly realized that I needed people with shared experiences to help me navigate life here. Whether it was finding a competent natural hair stylist or dealing with systemic racism in the schools, I did not want to reinvent the wheel. Some of the women I became friends with were the non-Black mothers of Black children. The designation “woke” hadn’t been invented yet, but there were aware of, angry about, and willing to grapple with the barriers and threats their children faced.

I surround myself with people who are smart and do something more than just complain on the internet. Many of those people are AA because I met them through historically black institutions. Others are Latina (because that is part of my identity). Some are Asian (mainly Korean and South Asian) because of my kids’ interests. And some are white.  But I learned when I came here that not all skin-folk are kin-folk, so I really pay attention to what other Black people say and do before I start to open up. [/quote]

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