Those who have the privilege of easily blending in at most places and can usually look around to find that they are surrounded by people who look like them, may feel unhindered in saying, "Who cares what people think. You have to live your truth." It's a nice sentiment in theory, but it's not easily achievable for everyone to practice if their specific truth is something that has a history of being the object of people's hate and abuse, and continues to be a source of the same, even today. People still beat, murder, and degrade people who are different; every single day.
-- Andrea Krystal, Can Black People Grow Hair?, p. 52
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