Now that I think about it, the Audrey Hepburn thing is pretty interesting...
From what I remember, most of my childhood (read: life prior to adolescence) I was surrounded by white role models. We watched a lot of old movies with all white casts. My favorite Disney princess was Sleeping Beauty. I would sometimes pretend I had little blonde ringlets like Shirley Temple.
None of these things are really anyone’s fault. My dad just wanted me to see good movies; it’s not his fault so many lacked POC
family, food Afficher plus
family Afficher plus
...them until the family reunion a few years back, and, more recently, Thanksgiving (which I told you all about before)
It makes me rather upset that I don’t get to see them more, because they are incredibly fun! (Given that the more religious parts of the family are not around or are preoccupied)
It wasn’t until recently that I really started to find out about where we came from. I recorded a StoryCorps with my mummum asking about life in Guyana about a year ago... prior to this I had..