Other People's Advice

I have a really hard time listening to other people's advice. I don't know if I'm just stubborn, if I just don't trust the opinions of others' when it comes to my individual circumstances, or if I don't give enough context tot he situation I'm talking about, or all of the above.

However it works, I've recently got some really... poor advice from a friend about a really difficult familial situation.  As I've been reflecting on it these past few days, I've come to realise it's a cultural difference.  There are just some things that I have endured that are tied up in the Black cultural experience.  And if the advice giver is not Black, there are just things that can't be... relayed in words. And specifically the Black FAAB experience, and how that socialisation and those stereotypes ripple out to influence my movement and interaction in the world....

I'll be keeping this in mind.