After reading this twitter thread, I immediately went back to when I was younger and wished I was a different race. I went to a predominately white school, and I mostly saw white kids who hung out with other white kids. I thought back then “what if I was white?” Even in high school, the black kids did not want to hang out with me, because I acted too white; I was too bourgie. When I drew pictures of myself, I used a lighter shade of brown, gave myself straight hair, and a “white” name. I thought it was the only way to fit in. But as I grew older, I really appreciated my race. When movies like Black Panther and Black is King came out, I saw how beautiful, powerful, and blessed us black people are. There are going to be moments where I think “would my life be easier if I was white”, but I could not be more proud to be black.
