I'm more white looking than my brothers and family, but that doesn't mean I'm any less native

I struggled with this my whole life, wanting to be seen as only white and pretending I wasn't native because I was embarrassed due to institutional racism

It feels awkward to even talk about this because I never experienced any racism like my more native looking family or other non-white people have faced

Thanks for listening, it's huge for me to even acknowledge this ❤️