Why Do Black People Always Call Each Other ‘Brother’ Or ‘Sister’?

And why it shouldn’t bother white people so much

Photo by Alieza Rizvie on Unsplash

Just after the pandemic, I was downtown with my white friend Belinda. It was a cold winter’s day, and we needed to get out of our home offices after many months of lockdown.

As we walked through the streets of Geneva, we came across a Black man who nodded and said “Hello sis” as he passed. I nodded back and smiled and th…