Not like “I went to school with one” but have had an actual friendship?

I’ve had a couple of conversations recently where people have confidently said things about the Black community that are ridiculously incorrect. The kind of shit where you can tell they grew up in a very white community and learned about Black history as a college freshman.

Disclaimer: I am white, but I grew up in a Black neighborhood. I was one of 3 white kids in my elementary school lol, including my brother.

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    4 months ago

    Black people aren’t Black people. They’re people.

    This! I couldn’t believe it when I had to answer a question about race on the entry card into the US.

    I get asking about skin color. It’s like hair color, or eye color, but race? So many assumptions and biases just in that one word (race).