I am soooooo sad right now. Grace died. In episode 2. What!
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What a night for a dance, you know I’m a dancing machine. With a fire in my bones and the sweet taste of kerosene. I get lost in the night so high I don’t want to come down. To face the loss of the good thing that I have found.
—Kings of Leon, Revelry.
One of my favorite songs.
Sweet.
Ever since my first cupcake from Cupcake Collection in Nashville, I have fallen completely in love with the little treats. So I was beyond excited when I found this cute cupcake place in London! My friend Aja and I stopped in today to try it out and I was pleased. They are delicious!
Can’t wait to try some cool new food places here!
Perfection.
Survey paints portrait of black women in america
When did we become so popular?
Small Differences
I’ve only been in London 6 days, and already I’ve noticed SO much. One thing in particular has really struck me, and that’s the attitude towards people of color. Or maybe what I perceive to be the attitude towards people of color. It’s a hard feeling to describe, but sometimes (not all the time), in America it’s awkward and uncomfortable to be the only person of color in a room. I become hyper-aware of my own presence, because everyone else automatically is aware that I’m there. A subtle tension suddenly arises. People may look surprised, like what is person like you doing here? Or they may look annoyed, or worried, but mostly you can just feel because of how they react to you, that you’re different. But so far, in London I haven’t felt that way. I haven’t gone anywhere and felt automatically uncomfortable, even though I’m in a really nice part of town. I’ve felt like in many cases, the Londoners have been more comfortable talking to me than some of the Americans in my program. I’ve only been here six days and haven’t seen nearly enough of the city to have a proper perspective, but I think it’s interesting what I’ve experienced so far. I wonder if any of the people of color in the program feel the same way? I’m excited to learn more about race in this country!
