I think I no longer identify myself as Brown only Grey, As I slip into the grey areas between buildings, slabs of concrete and pavement stones
Overshadowed by the concise definitions of Black and white as the systems in society process me according to their predefined categories of demographic minority profiling
I no longer feel warm and greeted by people of other shades of brown and I'm not even brown enough in the cold winter turning a light shade of beige possibly even pale yellow
Constantly being reminded that I'm not black enough to be a "real black woman". I submit myself to the watered down, whiter class of grey tones that somehow feel more "At home in this city




