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What acceptance is not

Evangelyn Beltran
Apr 25, 2019
Millennials of New Jersey
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Poetry on Odyssey: It Is Not...
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Here is what acceptance is not

It is not giving the closest person to you a sidelong glance

As if to say "Oh my God can you believe how weird she is?

Thank God I'm not like that" after I finish

telling you something I'm excited about.

It is not dismissing my very real experiences because

"I must be being too sensitive" and "they didn't mean it that way"

It is not treating me like crap for months and then suddenly asking me for a favor

Believing I'm still on your side

It is not pretending that things are equal when I know full well of your corruption

It is not hyping up every friend you have except me because God forbid

People actually think we're equals

You would rather everyone think I'm your pity project

Who you just design to be nice to rather than someone who you asked for advice

and told secrets to and stayed up talking to until midnight

It is not refusing to get to know me and not giving me a chance to talk

and creating a hostile environment than being like,

"Why do you never talk- I wish I could have gotten to know you better."

It is not refusing to see my leadership potential because of

whatever prejudices and preconceived notions you have

It is not refusing to curse with me because I "can't handle it"

It's like you assume I don't own a TV or have WiFi or seen a movie

It is not saying "Don't worry about it" and assuming I'm not mature enough

to deal with real issues

It is not, it is not, it is NOT.

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