David Njoku on Nostr: Sometimes we all need a reminder that race is a cultural construct. And every culture ...
Sometimes we all need a reminder that race is a cultural construct. And every culture will construct something slightly different.
I was watching the Australian version of the sitcom Ghosts and was shocked to hear the main character described as Black.
Black? That woman is white to me. But then, I'm not Australian.
#australia #blackmastodon
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