Black people grow up around other races and somehow we manage to still sound like ourselves and be ourselves but everyone nonBlack gotta wear us like a costume and be a walking stereotype. Okay.
I just now noticed that this is also a story about the important things that can be achieved by "missing the joke" and "responding inappropriately" (i.e being serious in a supposedly humorous moment). Some jokes are worth interrogating actually.
One of the reasons tuberculosis continues to infect and kill more people is because you refuse to allow the widespread distribution of affordable bedaquiline, which is essential to stopping the spread of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis and curing those infected by it.
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“I could never be convinced to join a cult” and “I can spot a manipulator a mile away” and “I could never be abused” are all variations of the same wrong sentiment. Your false belief that you are above manipulation and abuse stems from victim-blaming culture.
Having boundaries is not going to save you from an abuser or from being harmed & I wish y’all would stop telling folks that ppl treat them poorly due to lack of boundaries.