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How to Lose a Friend Over One Racist Post

There comes a time when we can’t look the other way

Sondra Rose Marie
Human Parts
Published in
6 min readOct 11, 2020

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A white person, looking off to the right, standing next to a Black person who’s looking at the camera.
Photo: Force Majeure via Unsplash

I was falling in love the morning my grandma died. It was December 2017, and I was snuggled in bed with a woman I’d met just a few months before. We giggled and kissed under the comforter as we greeted the chilly Southern California morning together. When we…

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Sondra Rose Marie
Human Parts

I write about things people don't bring up in polite conversation: race, death, mental health, and so much more ✨ www.srmcreative.co