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No, He Shouldn’t Tell You to Smile — But Maybe You Should

Perhaps wanting a smile from a Sista is no different than expecting a head nod from another Black man.

Simone Keelah Brathwaite
ZORA
Published in
4 min readOct 14, 2021

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“Smile, girl.”

When the words fell out of the mouth of whatever random man I passed on the street, I would…

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Simone Keelah Brathwaite
ZORA
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