https://padlet.com/otavioasbarros/v6ksc1qnkuowoo4x en-us 2023-08-29 22:40:00 UTC 2023-08-29 23:05:47 UTC hello@padlet.com otavioasbarros https://padlet.com/otavioasbarros/v6ksc1qnkuowoo4x/wish/2677307999 When I was around 10 years old I let my hair grow a little more than the usual (I did not like getting haircuts back then) and even though I was aware my hair was not straight, it grew as a black power. That was the motive I got mocked (bullied) by friends at school. So I cut it.]]> 2023-08-29 22:47:12 UTC https://padlet.com/otavioasbarros/v6ksc1qnkuowoo4x/wish/2677307999 otavioasbarros https://padlet.com/otavioasbarros/v6ksc1qnkuowoo4x/wish/2677310958 My entire mother's family has darker skin than my siblings and I. As we were visiting my grandmother on a weekend I heard from her (in a joking tone) that the fact her skin was a little darker shouldn't get in the way of us visiting her more often. ]]> 2023-08-29 22:53:07 UTC https://padlet.com/otavioasbarros/v6ksc1qnkuowoo4x/wish/2677310958 otavioasbarros https://padlet.com/otavioasbarros/v6ksc1qnkuowoo4x/wish/2677312777 It was in college the first time I had the chance to hear and discuss more about race and structural racism in Brazil which also made me start to understand that I am not white.]]> 2023-08-29 22:56:53 UTC https://padlet.com/otavioasbarros/v6ksc1qnkuowoo4x/wish/2677312777 otavioasbarros https://padlet.com/otavioasbarros/v6ksc1qnkuowoo4x/wish/2677313484 It was living abroad and having the chance to look at my own culture from an outside perspective that my interests in studying more about race initiated. As a foreigner who did not fit in those contexts I better understood my identity.]]> 2023-08-29 22:58:17 UTC https://padlet.com/otavioasbarros/v6ksc1qnkuowoo4x/wish/2677313484