Published: March 20, 2019
I’ve realised hiding parts of ourselves does not leave us feeling whole, nor does it make us accepted
The day after the Christchurch attacks, I dove headfirst into a string of anxiety attacks and tears after pulling up near an ATM and making brief eye contact with a white woman sitting against the bank, who was wearing a strapless dress made from the Australian flag.
I was not dressed like a pious person, but I know how I look and I know my skin is brown – I ran to the ATM across the road and avoided her. She didn’t say a word to me, I am not even sure she knew I was there, but I was so very afraid. Everything I have learned in my life; every way of hiding was impossible in that moment.
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