This is how my boyfriend in Peru feels.

…ny perceived as imposing, or threatening thus implanting fear of retaliation due to past treatment? In a way, I was relieved to think perhaps it was the large Black male stereotype keeping at bay those targeted microaggressions that once plagued my days. I guess I was enjoying being left alone for the first time and being looked upon as someone not to m…
In a World of Racial Discrimination, Size Does Matter
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MJ Adia
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Oct 5, 2021
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This is how my boyfriend in Peru feels. He is tall for a Peruvian, and he is black, so people just avoid him. But people always clutch their purses, and act scared around him, but he never feels he will get robbed. So, his black, large maleness is a blessing and a curse.
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Written by MJ Adia339 Followers
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Black-Filipina. Lived in Peru for 5 years. LICSW, dancer, meditator. Writes about multiculturalism, cinema, race, social issues.
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