Justin Olhipi
May 15, 2021

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I hear you. I'm autistic also. Being autistic is like being of a different species resembling human, or like being a visitor from another planet. We often need to have the rules of appropriate social contact spelled out explicitly, so I appreciate articles like this where Black people tell us how to act.

However, I feel that it's very intrusive to make eye contact or ask personal questions of other people. Moreover, I've seen quite a few Black writers say that they resent white folks asking them how they feel about an act of racist injustice,. I do all the other stuff listed here but asking Black people how they feel.

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Justin Olhipi
Justin Olhipi

Written by Justin Olhipi

Autistic artist, student of life. Red Letter Panthiest. SJW since the '60's. NB / AFAB. Just visiting this planet. White-passing Creole from New Orleans USA

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