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Sometimes it honestly feels like being Black in the UK 🇬🇧 is a disability.

Not because there is anything wrong with us.

But because you constantly feel like you have to work twice as hard just to be seen.

You walk into a room and before you even speak, people have already formed an opinion.

At work you double-check everything because you don’t want to make mistakes that others are allowed to make.

You become extra polite, extra careful, extra professional… just to avoid being misunderstood.

You learn very quickly that sometimes you have to prove yourself first before you are trusted.

And the funny thing is, most people will never see that extra weight you carry every day.

They just see you smiling, working hard, living life.

But behind that smile is someone who has learnt to navigate spaces that were not always built with them in mind.

Still, we keep showing up.

Still, we keep pushing forward.

Still, we keep breaking barriers.

Because our presence alone is already changing the story.

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Nicely said...navigating spaces that were not built with you in mind hits well.

To relcoate and settle in a different culture, you defo need a thick skin and a strong mind.

These two things have helped me with navigating life, the world is my stage, my life is my canvass, everybody can have their brushes but ONLY the artist i call "me" paints on my canvass

enemyofprogress:
Sometimes it honestly feels like being Black in the UK 🇬🇧 is a disability.

Not because there is anything wrong with us.

But because you constantly feel like you have to work twice as hard just to be seen.

You walk into a room and before you even speak, people have already formed an opinion.

At work you double-check everything because you don’t want to make mistakes that others are allowed to make.

You become extra polite, extra careful, extra professional… just to avoid being misunderstood.

You learn very quickly that sometimes you have to prove yourself first before you are trusted.

And the funny thing is, most people will never see that extra weight you carry every day.

They just see you smiling, working hard, living life.

But behind that smile is someone who has learnt to navigate spaces that were not always built with them in mind.

Still, we keep showing up.

Still, we keep pushing forward.

Still, we keep breaking barriers.

Because our presence alone is already changing the story.

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Very good.
UK is not una third world sheethole where you can do things anyhow because there are no consequences. It's first world for a reason.