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Darker skinned breeds pale. Those cold months are the worst. They say “but you look so white”, the insult mixed breeds get. The sitting around, lounging inside bleaches. Indoors is to blame, something surely created by whites to alter the darker pigmented people. A created space of normalcy, it requires upkeep and a source from which to draw power. Assimilate, feel the fake light? Satisfactory for who? There is no greater trap. You want confusion? Step into a mixed breed’s mind. The whole world becomes shades and I, I am, whatever the viewer wants, an in-between. But winter, So **** white, She is the hardest.
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Dec 27, 2013
Dec 27, 2013 at 11:46 AM UTC
The Winters
Darker skinned breeds pale. Those cold months are the worst. They say “but you look so white”, the insult mixed breeds get. The sitting around, lounging inside bleaches. Indoors is to blame, something surely created by whites to alter the darker pigmented people. A created space of normalcy, it requires upkeep and a source from which to draw power. Assimilate, feel the fake light? Satisfactory for who? There is no greater trap. You want confusion? Step into a mixed breed’s mind. The whole world becomes shades and I, I am, whatever the viewer wants, an in-between. But winter, So **** white, She is the hardest.
john-allen
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Dec 27, 2013
Dec 27, 2013 at 11:46 AM UTC
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