“I had to learn about the concept of being Black.”
I was born here. But inside our house, I was Nigerian. A daughter, a surname, a whole country folded into how we ate, how we spoke, how I was raised to move through the world.
Then I stepped outside. And America handed me a label I’d never been asked to wear at home.
Diaspora isn’t only about leaving. Sometimes it’s the gap between who your family raised you to be and who the world insists on seeing.
Such a good conversation with
@teawithtaypod episode link.
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