I’d Rather Be An Unattractive Black Girl

People tell me that I am a pretty black girl, but the reality is that it isn’t a privilege to be pretty and black

Rebecca Stevens
ILLUMINATION-Curated
4 min readJan 26, 2021

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Some think that I have an easy life, that all I need to do is show up to get favors, that nice house, that great job, or that promotion. People, white and black think that I have a life of privilege because…

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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.