The happier I was with being Black, the more I celebrated it and loved it, the more the people who loved me wanted to join in on the celebration too. I realized how I had done a great disservice to everyone, including myself, by allowing a co-dependent relationship between myself and the white community to go on for so long. One where I was dependent on their validation and where some of them were dependent on me to be a cardboard cutout version of Black representation in their life. I did a disservice to my friendships by not interacting with them authentically and allowing them to love me completely.
-- Andrea Krystal, Can Black People Grow Hair?, p. 58
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