I’ve been in your shoes before re: the cold shoulder, and this story spoke to me. Even though it shouldn’t be the case, I feel people like us have a responsibility to the world at large to fight this bullshit and say out loud that it isn’t good to demonize anyone based on immutable characteristics. I think it means more because we aren’t white, even though the same people who were complaining at your church would see us as white adjacent.
A moving story. I would like to read more about your special place between "white" and "people of color." Perhaps your writing, which speaks to many, can help fulfill the responsibility you wish to take. Stories like this can help us heal from our own times of feeling left out, and encourage us to be the ones who reach out to others.
I’ve been in your shoes before re: the cold shoulder, and this story spoke to me. Even though it shouldn’t be the case, I feel people like us have a responsibility to the world at large to fight this bullshit and say out loud that it isn’t good to demonize anyone based on immutable characteristics. I think it means more because we aren’t white, even though the same people who were complaining at your church would see us as white adjacent.
Thank you. Beautifully written story.
A moving story. I would like to read more about your special place between "white" and "people of color." Perhaps your writing, which speaks to many, can help fulfill the responsibility you wish to take. Stories like this can help us heal from our own times of feeling left out, and encourage us to be the ones who reach out to others.