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<blockquote data-quote="trinityroyal" data-source="post: 386980" data-attributes="member: 3907"><p>Wendy, you do make a very good point. It's entirely possible that little SK may have feelings of difference that come from within. Just to put things in perspective though, I'll share a bit of my history...</p><p>I am mixed race (black-white-east indian-miscellaneous other). My family has been mixing for generations, each with different variations. So, I don't look like either of my parents, anyone else in my family, or anyone else I know. I was one of 3 black children in school, and there was no one around who looked like me. That said, I didn't realize I was black or "different" in appearance until I was about 16 years old. It struck me one day that when people were referring to "black people", I was one of them. This was also around the time that so-called sensitivity training became prevalent.</p><p></p><p>I think that an external focus on race and skin colour has a far greater and deeper effect than anyone thinks. It was only when people started to try to be sensitive to my blackness that I became aware of it at all. I think it can be of great detriment to someone who's just trying to fit in, to always have one's differences highlighted.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="trinityroyal, post: 386980, member: 3907"] Wendy, you do make a very good point. It's entirely possible that little SK may have feelings of difference that come from within. Just to put things in perspective though, I'll share a bit of my history... I am mixed race (black-white-east indian-miscellaneous other). My family has been mixing for generations, each with different variations. So, I don't look like either of my parents, anyone else in my family, or anyone else I know. I was one of 3 black children in school, and there was no one around who looked like me. That said, I didn't realize I was black or "different" in appearance until I was about 16 years old. It struck me one day that when people were referring to "black people", I was one of them. This was also around the time that so-called sensitivity training became prevalent. I think that an external focus on race and skin colour has a far greater and deeper effect than anyone thinks. It was only when people started to try to be sensitive to my blackness that I became aware of it at all. I think it can be of great detriment to someone who's just trying to fit in, to always have one's differences highlighted. [/QUOTE]
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