'When talking to a Black friend over lunch, she told me I looked like ‘any other white girl’ from her perspective. And in a way, this made my heritage and identity feel erased.' ✍️ Eve Tawfick writes for MetroOpinion
A colleague of mine once told me ‘white people smell of dogs’. ‘Am I not white?’ I asked, to which she answered, ‘No, you’re not one of them.’
I walked into Middle Eastern shops in London and they greeted me in Arabic, recognising me as one of their own. Until I told them I’m not, I was a fake – I didn’t even speak the language. They asked me why – my father never taught me. But as a teen and in my 20s, I felt the mix had created something grotesque, and tried to hide my freckles under heavy layers of foundation and blusher.
Even though I no longer scrutinise my looks, some days I still feel out of place, or like an imposter.I won’t deny it’s been painful to be on the periphery of belonging, people immersed in their traditions. Their pride in who they are and where they come from.
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