(2/3) “We’ve lived in majority-white neighborhoods all his life, and due to our different complexions, people often assume I’m the nanny—both white people and people of color. I’m pretty sure that I’ve missed out on various friendships with other moms because they thought I wasn’t my child’s mother, especially before he was verbal. When he was little, he nursed very frequently, so if I was somewhere for longer than an hour it usually became self-evident that he was my kid. At least now he yells for me as “mama” which is a pretty clear indicator of who I am. But earlier on, breastfeeding was really important socially, which I wasn’t expecting.”

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