xj9 [they/them, she/her]

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Cake day: August 17th, 2023

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  • I’m new to the “white passing” experience. As far as I know I’ve always been brown. I grew up mixed salvadoran-american on the US-Mexico border and in other latino communities around the western US. I have darker skin even than my salvadoran mother. I experienced discrimination constantly when I was living in a majority anglo-white area in the US for work for the last few years. Even after losing a lot of my color because of some medical stuff, I was always regarded as an Other. Living in California now, I’m perceived differently. I’m slowly getting back to normal, which is helping, but its really weird to not be seen as another POC. However, I see that I can use this unexpected opportunity to do something good for my community potentially. My sister who absolutely white passes, but hates it because she’s as latina as i am, has helped me out so many times. I want to try and pay it forward so to speak.

    At the end of the day, fighting to make the world better for everyone is what I care about. I’ve been on the marginalized side my whole life and I won’t rest until we fix this bullshit.