5 Times I’ve Experienced «Nice Racism»

Rebecca Stevens
ILLUMINATION-Curated
2 min readApr 6, 2023

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So to start, I’d like to define what nice racism is. It’s when someone is racist but they do it with a smile or say something flattering that you can’t actually get mad at them. It’s a form of racism that’s insidious because you take it with a smile on your face, but its poison makes its way to your heart. Here are five situations where I’ve experienced it.

  1. “Your braids look really beautiful. Do…

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Rebecca Stevens
ILLUMINATION-Curated

I write about racism, but there are so many other things I would like to write about instead. Help me dismantle racism so that I can get to that.