Dionne Sims (@ohdionne): "I could cry. I'm so grateful for this piece (as someone who has a lot of white friends for the same reasons as the author)."

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I could cry. I'm so grateful for this piece (as someone who has a lot of white friends for the same reasons as the author).

When I stop to explore what intimacy with white people means for me now, a part of me reaches back to the little version of myself who mistook survival strategies for choice. I am wrapping my arms around him4.

Grief & Grits

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