Sums me up pretty well
I was browsing through www.douchbagsofgrinder.com tonight when i came across the phrase “racial microaggressions”. Researching this has reinforced what I’ve already learned through (subconsciously) throughout the years. And YES… I’m tired, frustrated and angry.
They are often made to feel excluded, untrustworthy, second-class citizens, and abnormal. People of color often describe the terrible feeling of being watched suspiciously in stores, that any slipup they make would negatively impact every person of color, that they felt pressured to represent the group in positive ways, and that they feel trapped in a stereotype. The burden of constant vigilance drains and saps psychological and spiritual energies of targets and contributes to chronic fatigue and a feeling of racial frustration and anger.
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