I'm curious. I am black, my family is black, and so are many of my friends. What do you think I perceive when I have these relationships with other thinking, feeling people, where where we would like to live, or being trans, or going through a depressive episode, or fantasy novel recommendations, and some people genuinely think we are just making animal noises and breaking shit all the time?
How am I supposed to make sense of that? Do I just not believe my own eyes and ears because you tell me what we're supposed to be like? Should I assume you know me and everyone I know better than I do?