As white people, we are so used to being referred to as ‘people’, we are not used to being referred to by our skin colour and being spoken to as a ‘white person’ can throw someone off. We take for granted that we are often the baseline for a lot of products. There are a lot of beautiful masks being made in the midsts of the Corona outbreak, I see lots of my white friends sporting them on their outings to the shops or for a walks, but I have also read many stories of Black people expressing the sheer terror of wearing a mask that isn’t very clearly a medical mask because police associate a Black person covering their face with committing a crime or being in gangs. There have been a few face filters going around that have been exposed, the smile rating one that marks your smile from 0-100, black people can reach the 100 relatively easily, but can’t reach a frowny 0 unless they hide their lips. Even going to the toilet in a public bathroom, the mechanism of how an automatic tap, soap dispenser or hand dryer works is often based on how much red light is reflected back and Black skin doesn’t reflect enough light for the machines to turn on. Our world is not built with Black or Brown people in mind.
Category: Mental Illness and Mental Health
Clothes Shopping: Midsize and Disabled
Hey pals! This is a post that has been planned and pre-written/experienced before lockdown, don't worry, I am keeping safe and haven't left the house in a month. I wanted to talk about what it's like to go clothes shopping on the high street as a midsize disabled person... coz the facilities are pretty minimal … Continue reading Clothes Shopping: Midsize and Disabled
My Favourite Books Shelf!
Hey pals, I've been going on an organising and purging spree recently now that we are all FORCED to be inside. I've cleansed my bookshelves and given my favourite books their own shelf, I just wanted to talk through it with you and give you a peek into who I am as a human. Check … Continue reading My Favourite Books Shelf!
Three Crystals I Took With Me For Surgery !
Hey pals! I don't often talk about my spiritual side on here, only on the odd occasion like this blog post! But I've not had any kind of surgery since I was 2 years old and I had my tonsils removed! So I had a lot of anxiety going in for this (also a lot … Continue reading Three Crystals I Took With Me For Surgery !