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Comfort

March 24, 2023
By Jonathan-wrd BRONZE, Mill Creek, Washington
Jonathan-wrd BRONZE, Mill Creek, Washington
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I DON’T feel comfortable in my skin 

Categories; Categories are the generalization of people.

Categories is the way to enslave people with a word with a title 

Titles are given to people using gender, skin, with ethnicity 

I DON’T FEEL comfortable in my skin 

N*gros is what we’re called it’s our title africano is our name even if we’re not born in africa just descended, Latinos are pure mejorando las racas evolving becoming better ridiculing the negros 

With a mixed father and a mother who is negra I hold their unrespective titles I am n*gro 

I DON’T FEEL COMFORTABLE in my skin 

I am a product of my culture with the black race I am in America’s standards black excelance 

But in my own culture I need to be corrected a correction that is impossible to make

A walking man with imperfections my skin being the biggest one 

I DON’T FEEL COMFORTABLE IN MY SKIN 

Never once did I think my biggest insecurity would be the thing people label me as 

My hair, my nose, my slang, my personality, and ultimately it comes down to my skin

I always thought racism was calling me the n word but now I see the racism that hurts me the most is the type that makes me not even want to be myself the most notable thing about me 

I DON’T FEEL COMFORTABLE IN MY SKIN


The author's comments:

This piece is about me living as Latino and Black and how I feel like it is a challenge to live as both and be accepted as both


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