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Black folks don't like to be cold. Does this mean we are missing out on life?

A personal reflection from a recent encounter

Jiquanda

Feb 28

“You ain’t got to worry about me,” says my best friend jokingly as we talk about winter trips to cabins and skiing. “I just know I don’t really like to do nothing where I have to be cold.”

What she is saying is real. I mean, I don’t like to be cold either. But I don’t want to be too hot when I think about it. If I had to choose one of the two situations, I just might say hot.

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