Because I feel like kids of color don’t hear it enough: domestic abuse is not a part of your culture.
A lot of us where raised with the idea that “its normal for wives/children to get hit! it helps them learn– only white folk don’t get beaten when they misbehave”. That’s not true, white people aren’t the only ones who deserve a safe and abuse free environment. Black and brown people can and do have loving families.
If you’re in a situation where you are enduring abuse and people use your culture to justify it, I want you to know that what they’re telling you are lies.
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“I watched Fifty Shades of Grey the other day, and-you know that guy from Silence of the Lambs? Not as creepy. Not as creepy as the guy in Fifty Shades.” (X)
Oh. My. God.