Black People Are Individuals — Stop Lumping Us Together

At the height of the Black Lives Matter movement last year, people of different races, countries and social identities were showing their support for the black community. Whether it was genuine, or they were just jumping on the bandwagon to not look bad, awareness was spreading about the societal issues that plague the black community due to both direct and institutional racism.

This was all great, but this trendy period of addressing anti-black racism exposed some other issues when it comes to how black people are perceived by…