Blending in can be tough, especially when you're a brown spot on a white canvas. Trying to fit in isn't always the right thing to do though, we must accept each other not based on our skin colors or religion, but based on our values and kindness. I can't lose my cultural identity, but I feel like I must change it to fit into this country. Especially in a white state like Minnesota, sometimes I can feel so lost and alone.
Sometimes I wish I could change my skin color and blend in, but I couldn't throw away my Somalian culture like garbage. A world of all white would be boring and bland, and it would lack spice and flavor.
We need all cultures to blend in and make a canvas of color, a canvas of beauty, a canvas of hope.
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