Diary Of  A Black Woman In A White World

Diary Of A Black Woman In A White World

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I Envy My White Friends Who Wear Sweatpants To Travel

I Envy My White Friends Who Wear Sweatpants To Travel

When I do the same as a black person, I get pulled aside and searched

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Zuri Stevens
Dec 05, 2023
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I’m a 50-year-old black woman and one of my dreams is to one day be able to travel in a comfortable pair of sweatpants. You may wonder why something so insignificant and may be unimportant to you is something that I cherish, but that’s because you’ve never quite experienced racism the way that I as a black woman have.

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