Full disclosure; I'm a whitey who used to work in an organisation dedicated to improving diversity in a particular part of the arts industry. This kind of stuff is incredibly awkward.
It is very awkward, but I'd like to think that when you worked there, you didn't do your hair up in cornrows and tell people all about your black heritage. And then when your parents pop up with your baby pics saying, "well, actually..." you wouldn't justify yourself by saying that we're all from the African continent and that you've disowned those old crackers anyway.
It is very awkward, but I'd like to think that when you worked there, you didn't do your hair up in cornrows and tell people all about your black heritage. And then when your parents pop up with your baby pics saying, "well, actually..." you wouldn't justify yourself by saying that we're all from the African continent and that you've disowned those old crackers anyway.