onyourtongue:

To my fellow POC,

It’s so important to hold on to your cultural identities and make sure you never let them go. Don’t forget about your language(s), your heritage, the customs and traditions of your people, the food, the music, the clothes, the folklore, the rites of passage, just everything. There’s so much beauty there and sometimes society will try to make you feel like it’s not worth being a part of… People will try to make you feel ashamed of who you are because you’re different. And it’s okay to be different, just don’t forget about who you are and allow them to shape you into what they want you to be.