@blue._.lotuslove: "I'm Lakaylah. I'm #mixedwith #NativeAmerican (#Cherokee) #White & #AfricanAmerican from my mother's side and #AfroHaitian from my father's side. I believe that my biggest thing about #beingmultiracial is that it's hard #beingmixed race with a skintone as #brown as mine. Growing up when it was known I was #Haitian and I was bombarded with Haitian stereotypes such as "Do you do voodoo?" Or "Speak creole!" When people find out I'm #Afroindigenous it feels suffocating because I used to feel I'm not #native enough to claim my great grandmother afro- indigenous lineage. Growing up in the #Black community showed me how much #colorism impacts the mindset of many #mixedAfricanAmerican kids. At some point i didn't want to tell people I was Haitian because I felt as if I didn't deserve it. Or that I shouldn't claim the lineage that my great grandmother has given to my grandmother, to my mother, who's given it to me. After a while I learned that its because I'm #mixed I'm able to unify the different cultures I'm born into. My darker shade doesn't erase what I am. Also to teach myself that there's more to me than the box I'm placed in." 🇭🇹🇺🇸🏳️🏴 #wcw #mixedgirlproblems https://www.instagram.com/p/Ce1n8x5u9BC/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=