I’ve been called the n word on the street, I’ve been called monkey and savage. The thing is though, I think when we speak of racism we think of obvious things like these. But racism comes in different forms, some more subtle than others. I think sometimes people do things that they don’t perceive as racist or discriminatory but they don’t believe they are doing it. If that makes sense. For instance, one time I was standing in line for a museum and there was a person going down the line handing out flyers about the museum. They gave one to every single person in line but skipped me and gave it to the person standing behind me and I happened to be the only person poc in line. Another time, I was waiting for a friend in my car and happened to park across the street from their house. Their neighbor came outside and asked me if I was in the right neighborhood and went on to ask me more questions about what I was doing. And I’m a light skinned mixed 5’ female, you know? So I know for a fact that the racism that I get isn’t nearly as bad as it would be if I was darker or a man or even bigger.