– don’t have perfect, thick curly hair
– don’t have light skin
– don’t have blue or green eyes
– don’t have small, perky noses
– don’t have freckles that dot their cheeks
– don’t have curves
– don’t look like zendaya or all the other pretty mixed girls portrayed in the media
I’m having a conversation with one of my friends and I ask him, “What defines you?” and he responded with, “Nothing. A definition excludes the possibility for change.”
This is one of the best responses I’ve ever received to any of my questions.