I will say, I’m not a fan of low maintenance friendships & have accepted that. Lmao, I definitely prefer friends that want to include you in the everyday mundane things like running errands, working out, catching up on work, grabbing dinner together, etc.
Can I say something potentially controversial?
As an African, so much of the media you get exposed to as a kid involves white people and the media that involves people who look like you involves African Americans who look like this. You get so used to African Americans essentially being your proxy.
I see a lot of AAs calling this appropriation and I get why they feel that way. But I feel like there needs to be another word to describe what’s happening here because it’s not that