Model Kukua Williams writes an open letter addressing suburban racism | LOVE

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“Small town racism was my experience. I was the minority in basically every situation growing up, an experience which made me hate who I was. I didn’t straighten my hair to switch up my style, I straightened my hair to be more white.”

Courtesy of @kukuawilliams' InstagramTo all the people whose parents would never be ok with them dating a black person - I check you. To all my school peers who called me nigga and coon on a daily basis - I check you. To all the teachers who laughed along when someone pointed at a black person on a video and shouted “look it’s you” - I check you. To all the group chat convos bantering a friend because they “shagged a black person” - I check you. Small town racism was my experience.

If I ever was having a conversation back then about race, people would actually reassure me, “Noooo but you're not black,” insinuating that because I was mixed raced I was more like them, a good thing. A common rhetoric that non-black people are consciously, or subconsciously, happy they aren’t. To be honest, it is painful for me to speak about this as I felt so much shame that society, and the system, allowed me to be ashamed of my race. My race, which has been repressed, mistreated, neglected and murdered for generations. A system which has failed me and everyone else - I no longer blame myself.Our individual voices seem louder than I have ever experienced before and now is a time for change.

 

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