There are too many times when white adults violate my black children through microaggressions.
Last summer, my family was vacationing in Alabama when a woman approached me on the beach. She smiled and asked me about my triplets. I asked her what she was talking about, and she gestured toward my three oldest children who were building a sand castle.
Two years ago, one of my children was in a classroom that only had one other black girl in the group. The girls look nothing alike, with different skin tones, facial features, hair styles, and heights. Likewise, their names couldn’t have been more different. My daughter and the other student corrected the teacher, every day, to no avail. For nine solid months, their identities were mixed up.It’s dehumanizing and insulting.Oftentimes when we’re out running errands, a white person will stop us and compliment my oldest two girls on their hair.
These encounters can be embarrassing for my kids. Not because they aren’t proud of their hair or aren’t racially confident, but because when adults they don’t know demand answers from them, rapid-fire style, it’s uncomfortable.
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