And this is not to say there aren’t many wonderful things about being black. There are, and a lot of them have been absorbed by pop culture—fashion, music, food—but still, there are tons of things about being #TeamMelanin that blow. Like how if I leave the race/ethnicity box empty on a site like Monster.com, I’ll get more job inquiries from employers than if I were to check “black.” Or how if I go apartment hunting solo, landlords tend to be ruder to me than if I bring a white friend along. Or those reminders that I’m not welcome to audition for casting calls via the following stipulations:
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