[ID: a screenshot of a comic speech bubble. The black text in it reads "No matter how open-minded, socially conscious, anti-racist I think I am, I still have old learned hidden biases that I need to examine. It is my responsibility to check myself daily for my stereotypes, prejudices and, ultimately, discrimination." /ID end]

antiracism is a constant process. i was raised in a racist village and it's not easy to get rid of it. i moved away over 10 years ago but those ideas are still haunting me.

idk some people just feel threatened by anyone being unapologetically themselves even when they aren’t hurting anyone because it brings up the possibility that the rules are made up and the points don’t matter and that’s an uncomfortable thought

Just being yourself is quite difficult at times because most people’s true selves don’t perfectly fit what society wants them to be in every single way but also once you’ve tried actually being yourself it’s difficult to impossible to go back tbh.

There is grief in outgrowing versions of yourself, even if you’re proud of who you’re becoming.