It won’t save you

Being black and gay

Being black and homophobic

Being black and reserved

Being black and loud

Being black and liking black partners

Being black and liking non black (often white) partners

Being black and using ‘standard English’ to articulate

Being black and using ‘Patois’, ‘Pidgin’ or ‘Kweyol’

Being black cis-male and masculine

Being black cis-female and feminine

Being black trans-male and masculine

Being trans-female and feninine

Being black and anywhere on the x&y axes of sexuality

Being black and able bodied

Being black and less accessibly mobile

Being black and following ‘keto’, ‘vegetarianism’ or a low fat diet

Being black and enjoying food in all its plentifulness

In the end nothing will save us from being black as set against whiteness, so we may as well live in our full selves and get on with doing it with joy.