I am a “real” Black person.

Maya Segirah
Los Angeles, CA

I have heard this all my life, exclusively from white people (ok, men) , who, for some arrogant reason, think they have the right to tell who I am or what I should be, to the exclusion of my own experience. When I question their assumptions in any way I am met with anger, resistance and am often told of my own ignorance on the subject of my people…because THEY have the right to define me, but I don’t?


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