Growing up I hated being black and I mean hate. It wasn’t just a mild discomfort; it was a hatred that consumed me. I longed to be anything but Black, anything but African. I wanted to blend into the sea…
Everyone tells you how important self care is, but doesn’t tell you how.
Freshman year of college, my first semester, I was forced to take something called College Thriving. This class was supposed to be an example of “how to thrive in college” yet if you ask me and probably anyone else forced…