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Because the truth is this: there is no singular way to be black, no universal set of experiences that we all share, no stereotype that can accommodate the vast array of personalities and histories and ethnic backgrounds that black people possess. And though a guide would have been a gift at times, especially as a confused, adolescent outsider, all of that confusion was just a small part of my experience. There is no one way to be black. Our worst performance is entertaining the idea that there is.
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If cultures were to survive in England it would be on the shoulders of bastardisation.
Chinese people experience higher levels of fear and violence than any other minority group in the UK.
Violence is only as visible as we are. Who knew that after WWII, some 2,000 Chinese seamen in Liverpool who had helped in the war effort were deported ‘home’ without warning? This violation was so swift and hidden that for decades their British wives and families thought that they had simply been left. There are a few articles online now, but only if you know what you’re looking for.
