u/Annual-Olive7429

Am I Overthinking This? (Race)

Tell me if I'm overthinking this. For context, I'm a black college girl who attends a PWI. I've been friends with this girl since freshman year of high school. I went over to my white friend's house a couple days ago and here are the highlights of my visit:

  1. She couldn't believe I could get sunburned despite the fact I've told her countless of times black people can get sunburned. (She's pre-med by the way).
  2. She couldn't believe I could get tanned (I quite literally have 2 foundation shades...because I get darker during the summer (I thought this was common sense but ig not)
  3. I was playing on her Wii and said I want to make my Mii weird and her white boyfriend said "make it as dark as possible." Now what on EARTH is that supposed to mean? (I'm a darkskin girl by the way)
  4. Her boyfriend and her 13 year old brother were creating a Mii character on the Wii. Darkskin MII with a huge nose and named it "Big Quigga"
  5. Her uncle was complaining about how his other niece has a black girlfriend and talked about how he told her "I promise not to be as racist to her." and while he said that, he was looking DEAD at me (I was the only black person in that setting).
  6. (In general) I would talk about my interest in rock and indie music. My college dorm's theme is pastel blue and I love going on Pinterest. I had a crush on a white guy for a bit (My first and last crush on a white guy. Nothing bad happened btw). She told me I'm "trying to be a white girl." OH COME ON!

Please let me know if I'm overthinking this and what I should do in this situation. Thank you :(

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u/Annual-Olive7429 — 6 days ago