Blackness Is A Cage

In search of “authentic” blackness.

Steve QJ

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Photo by Prince Akachi on Unsplash

I still remember the day I learned that I couldn’t take my blackness for granted.

I was around 11 years old, it was the first day of summer camp, and I was looking for friends. So I scanned the room and made a beeline for the only other kid with a Transformers lunchbox. His name was Rafi.

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Steve QJ

Race. Politics. Culture. Sometimes other things. Almost always polite. Find more at https://steveqj.substack.com