Life,Actually

The first time they said i was a racist, it was because everytime i got the opportunity to watch something, i would pick something with black people. Not like one black person in a cast full of white people and then a few black people sprinkled here and there, or one where by black people they meant the lightest skinned actors who somehow qualified to play the black characters. No, i wanted films and shows made by and  starring black people (Especially African productions)  so that is what i always watched and enjoyed. I found depth in the storytelling of black people, especially Africans and it just felt right for me to sit and watch relatable African content that i could actually see myself in. The next time i was called racist it was because i was not pandering to a group of missionary Christians ( or is it Christian missionaries?) who came to my city back in the pre-pandemic era. My relationship with white people had always been awkard mostly because i am hyper-aware of po...