You Do Know I’m Black?

Let's talk about the white washing of ourselves to be accepted and loved in society...as well as the hood stereotypes we put ourselves in to seem black enough. All the while giving ourselves physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual trauma trying to weave through the rollercoaster of life. When do we really find our identities if it's always burrowed deep inside hiding so that we don't have to face the reality of being our genius selves.