Once I saw the underlying problem of society’s white supremacist culture, more running and thinking showed me that I was still fighting the white supremacy in myself. My own ideas on perfectionism stemmed from the internalized belief that “perfect” was possible and something we should all strive for. The need to show and prove myself through my education was a product of believing my worth rested in my degrees, my productivity; as well as the notion that as a Black woman, I had to be twice as good as my peers to be accepted.
