When planning a party, my go-to is to mix things up. I’ve found that including a flavorful assortment of people has always guaranteed my most memorable events...
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I soon realized that I’d avoid anyone who was Black unless they were someone my inner circle knew. I didn’t want to make friends with everyone. I just wanted to survive. What I didn’t realise was how racist I became to protect myself…
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I have a Chinese-Malaysian mother and a Ugandan father, I’m two parts of two continents, but since most people can’t guess that. I’m a black woman to them...
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I thought I was just like her and she just like me in so many ways. One day, she poked my freckles, giggling and asking me what they were…
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“We African-Americans understand. It is a Black experience” with a gesture that included Patrice. Patrice cut her off immediately. She held up her hand and said, “No one likes a blanket being thrown over them”…
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Oh, yes, and back in the 1990s your only choices in Japan were condoms and foaming spermicide strips that looked like breath freshener film. It was pretty grim…
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