# @smeharbinger on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/C0cYtvqJFb0
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/10224869-smeharbinger-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2023-12-04T19:52:40.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** The Harbinger (@SMEHarbinger) — https://gondola.cc/SMEHarbinger

## Caption

I stood in line at the Fairway Hen House, waiting to pay for the can of tomato sauce that my mom needed for dinner, when I felt a tap on my shoulder.

“Wow sweetie, your skin is so pretty and exotic.”

Turning to face a bubbly middle-aged white woman who I've never met before, I plastered on a smile and replied with a forced "thank you."

The grin on the woman's face was so genuine that I knew she called me "exotic" as a compliment. But white, blonde, blue-eyed girls aren’t the only people in America, there’s nothing different, exotic or foreign about my skin color. And being called something that I’ve only heard used to describe fruit, tropical locations and animals feels dehumanizing. 

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