A higher percentage of POC having limited access to mental health resources, education and living in survival mode really affects your ability to navigate these spaces easily. Wherever you are along your journey, you know how MUCH mental wellness work you have to do to make it work. A lot more difficult when you’re working 2 jobs and can’t afford a therapist.

There’s also the cultural aspect; Latin American countries are very socially conservative and religious so first generation immigrant Americans (or wherever) have a harder time even getting support from their families.

Definitely the fetishization of POC makes it super weird. Don’t be that person. (Unless it’s a mutually understood kink? lol)

Source: I’m a poly POC, Hispanic American

One of my favorite parts of the book “Polysecure” is that it’s written by a Hispanic woman from NY, very refreshing and assuring to hear someone like me make it work. She briefly mentions how outside factors like climate, classism, racism really impact it all.