Lie. Pretend to be “less Black”
Anonymous, USA. Someone, maybe many people, in my family took on the persona of mixed race Black/Native Americans so they could be, what? Less Black?...
Long hair for a black girl.
Paige, MI Growing up, this is something I have heard countless times. Microaggressions like this are not only offensive, but further divide us as a...
Oreo: Black outside, white inside
Lauren, Silver Spring, MD. This was a term that was often used to describe me during my middle school days, it always hurtful to hear...
“Caribbean” doesn’t make you less black.
Amaya, NY. Collected from The Race Card Project, On Location: The Brooklyn Museum
