55 Problems of Being Brown
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Last published Tue, May 3, 2016
America. A free country, a welcoming nation, a happy environment.
This was what my parents had been told. The media said it, the people said it. Isn't that all we needed?
What my parents were not told, however, was how I would want to "blend in" with the people, how I would want to live a normal life without being asked exactly where I was from, to go get tans and have Starbucks without people looking at me like I'm a walking freak show.
God just loves me so much he tanned me for life.
But the most important thing my parents should have warned me was that I would have to live up to their expectations and follow the culture.
Im May, and you probably can't pronounce my last name but this is what I have to put up with.
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