more easily myself when I blend into the group

I find myself more easily being open about mixed-race themes when my mixed-race identity is relevant, or when I blend into the group (like being with others of similar skin tone). When I was a teen I noticed that I was almost completely open and myself, when around another student who was low-income, from the ghetto, similar in skin tone, etc etc. I noticed that different parts of me got unlocked around different people and that this one other student unlocked some identities I didn´t know I had.

- anonymous 19