Maybe not the nose rings though...
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Growing up without a lot of friends might just have been a blessing, what if I was talked into going to and participating in some VILE mess like Freaknik....
I don't know why I expected comfort from family, when they never liked me either....
"The child not embraced by the village will burn it down to feel it's warmth" African proverb
This quote is paraphrased from a video that I can't share for some damn reason, inspired by Monique's crappy treatment of her son or rather, the son's tiktok venting about her....
"In black families, the children don't have a voice. Even after you become an adult, your parents think they should be able to do or say whatever, and you should be able to just take it on the chin. We should just be seen and not heard, even as freakin adults!"
In our so-called community, most parents/grandparents/aunties think they shouldn't have to be ACCOUNTABLE for the damage they caused.... so fuck the black family!