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Question for PoC/Black nerds on Masto. Childhood microagressions. Boosts OK 

Did anyone else ever get called an Oreo by other black kids cause they thought you were too white?

re: Question for PoC/Black nerds on Masto. Childhood microagressions. Boosts OK 

@kelseyhusky I was homeschooled in a well-to-do suburb and my major social outlet as a kid was the Boy Scouts

I didn't know a lot of black people at all

I did have a white person completely forget that I was black while I was in the room once

Question for PoC/Black nerds on Masto. Childhood microagressions. Boosts OK 

@kelseyhusky Yep! Gave me a bit of a complex about race I didn't shake off until much later, but yeah.

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