hat
Yon koup la ane de sa, Mwen te gen yon konvèsasyon avèk yon zanmi pwòch m 'yo ki k ap pase yo dwe white.We te gen yon bouyi frè kalite renmen nan moman sa. Apre sa, li di m ', "Pou mwen, ou se jis Sòti a zanmi m '. Mwen pa menm wè ou kòm nwa. "Koulye a, mwen apresye sa li te ap eseye kominike ak m '. Li pa te ale nan renmen m 'nenpòt ki mwens pase tout lòt zanmi l' yo. Men, sou lòt bò a, Mwen panse ke nan yon fason initil yo wè lòt moun. Li ta tankou m 'di youn nan zanmi sèl mwen, "Ou konnen mwen jis wè ou kòm Johnny. Mwen pa menm remake ke w ap sèl. "Oke, se li ki sèl. Ak anpil nan lit l ', dezi, ak defi yo ale nan gen yon bagay fè ak lefèt ke li nan yon sèl.
eng
A couple of years ago, I was having a conversation with a close friend of mine who happens to be white.We were having a mushy brotherly love type of moment. And he said to me, “To me, you’re just my friend Trip. I don’t even see you as black.” Now I appreciate what he was trying to communicate to me. He wasn’t going to love me any less than any of his other friends. But on the other side, I think that’s an unhelpful way to view others. It would be like me saying to one of my single friends, “You know I just see you as Johnny. I don’t even notice that you’re single.” Well, he is single. And many of his struggles, desires, and challenges are going to have something to do with the fact that he’s single.