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Leaving My Blackness At Home

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Michael David Cobb Bowen
Nov 07, 2021
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Q: I am going to this predominantly white school for the first time and I am really scared. This is my first time leaving my blackness at home. Is there anything I should expect?

A: Try this.

One day at lunch sit by yourself and observe. Close your mouth and open your eyes. Listen. You are under no obligation to ‘represent’. Neither is anybody else.

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