Why not seeing race isn't helpful

If talking about race makes you uncomfortable, imagine dealing with racial discrimination. While people are protesting not being able to go into stores because of a mask policy, imagine how people felt when signs said no Blacks or no Mexicans or no women. Oh wait... there are still places like that to this day. Ever thought about how the same store owners with no blacks may now be grandparents to a family with the same thought process being raised in the same town?

Saying we're all human in response to a person of color talking about their struggles is another sign of privilege. It's like saying "all the men I know are loyal" to a woman that was cheated on or "women are raped more" to a man that confessed that he was raped. Yes, we are all the human race but things (especially man made things like race) will always divide us whether we like it or not. This division isn't a bad thing! Person of color or not we all have struggles but when it comes down to what those struggles are and why, race plays a big part. Microaggressions, racism, discrimination are among those struggles.

A color blind person doesn't see the struggles that dark skin people go through. A color blind person can't acknowledge the beauty in all races and colors. We are all beautiful. Our races make us different and different isn't a bad thing. Our differences can connect and unite us far more than divide us.

Being black and being a woman was and sometimes still is considered the lowest to some people. Why? Because the struggles both sides face combined.

Our skin colors are of beautiful varieties yet some people like to take advantage and show hate for those with darker skin. Our races, languages, and cultures are a gorgeous addition to this world of exotic nature and incredible animals yet some people hate those different than their own. When you say you don't see color, you're eliminating someone's identity that they can never change.

I can't speak for other races, but I know about being black. My people have been erased, silenced, stolen and stolen from, and used in so many ways for centuries and still today. In America, a lot of the things that hurt and kill people of color are still hurting them, just more discreetly or in a normalized way.

Black is a part of me but it's not the only part and not the most important part. But I want you to see my color. Being a black woman is hard but it's who I am. I used to hate being me, but I will never go back and I hope anyone hating them self, especially because of things they can't change, will someday find a day to love them self harder than anyone else on this Earth. We should all celebrate all of our and others skin colors, hair types, languages, cultures, and races.