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    Dominique Apollon‏ @ApollonTweets Apr 19

    It's taken me 45 trips around the sun, but for the first time in my life I know what it feels like to have a "band-aid" in my own skin tone. You can barely even spot it in the first image. For real I'm holding back tears.pic.twitter.com/GZR7hRBkJf

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      2. Dominique Apollon‏ @ApollonTweets Apr 19

        Not like I didn't know these strips existed. But I definitely didn't expect the complex emotions that would swirl as I watched it just ... blend in. A seemingly trivial exercise I've repeated 1000x on my body with "regular" ones since childhood. Self-administered #antiblackness

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      3. Dominique Apollon‏ @ApollonTweets Apr 19

        This felt like belonging. Like feeling valued. Sadness for my younger self and millions of kids of color, esp black kids. Like a reminder of countless spaces where my skin is still not welcomed. Feared. Hated. Like, "Why am I really thinking all this 'bout an effing band-aid?"

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      4. Dominique Apollon‏ @ApollonTweets Apr 20

        Note: Bought these Tru-Colour bandages almost as an afterthought at the online FSA Store months ago, spending down health care $ my employer thankfully provides. Dunno enough about manufacturer to fully vouch for them, but truly appreciate how valued their product made me feel.

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      5. Dominique Apollon‏ @ApollonTweets Apr 20

        And I'm glad this thread has sparked some love, introspection, empathy, and conscious actions in others. White supremacy is a beast, and defeating it will take all of the above elements and more, applied at all levels of our societies. But the results will be so, so beautiful.

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      2. Jay Ternoski‏ @JTernoski Apr 27
        Replying to @ApollonTweets

        If this has been an issue for so long, how come no one ever took the time to pitch the idea to a manufacturer? Ever heard of Shark Tank? Entrepreneurism is the American dream. It’s equal to complaining about a lightbulb not working. Racism under every rock... if you want it to be

        2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
      3. Dominique Apollon‏ @ApollonTweets Apr 27
        Replying to @JTernoski

        Please use an open mind and try to answer your own questions. What would it take to confirm the assumptions in your questions? This isn't (necessarily) about EXPLICIT, intentional racism of manufacturers. Not lost on me there are business costs involved. 1/2

        1 reply 0 retweets 9 likes
      4. Dominique Apollon‏ @ApollonTweets Apr 27
        Replying to @ApollonTweets @JTernoski

        To what extent should #RacialInclusion be a part of consumers and/or manufacturers decisions in a just society for ALL. Rather than in a "colorblind" society built on a foundation/legacy of white supremacy? Wouldn't we all be happier in a just society? 2/2

        1 reply 0 retweets 5 likes
      5. Dominique Apollon‏ @ApollonTweets Apr 27
        Replying to @ApollonTweets @JTernoski

        Correction: "...consumers' and/or manufacturers' decisions in a just society for ALL?" I should add, based on one's response to the extent to which one believes racial inclusion SHOULD be a part for either, what are the (dis)advantages likely to result for different demographics?

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      6. Dominique Apollon‏ @ApollonTweets Apr 27
        Replying to @ApollonTweets @JTernoski

        How many business school students are ever forced to answer these questions? How many corporate boards? What incentives or barriers exist in our economic system or broader society that help them TO or hinder them FROM being seriously considered? #MoreThanABandage

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      2. Sara Kirby  🤰🏼‏ @mrssarakirby Apr 20
        Replying to @ApollonTweets @JohnBoyega

        I never realized that band-aids were even supposed to blend in to your skin or that people cared if the band-aid did or didn’t show. I’ve always just bought the cool ones with the cartoons.... #26YearOldChild 🤷🏼‍♀️ I’m honestly glad I know now!

        30 replies 242 retweets 6,280 likes
      3. John Boyega‏Verified account @JohnBoyega Apr 20
        Replying to @mrssarakirby @ApollonTweets

        Yep! On film sets where we get cuts alot, make up artists have to paint it brown to get you picture ready.

        50 replies 493 retweets 8,625 likes
      4. Eb‏ @EbyyEb Apr 20
        Replying to @JohnBoyega

        Does this happen often? You’re sounding a bit accident-prone.

        7 replies 15 retweets 796 likes
      5. John Boyega‏Verified account @JohnBoyega Apr 20
        Replying to @EbyyEb

        Lol an average day in an action film like Star Wars comes with jumps, falls, crashes and explosions etc. We patch up and keep it moving.

        22 replies 116 retweets 4,788 likes
      6. Eb‏ @EbyyEb Apr 20
        Replying to @JohnBoyega

        Makes sense.

        5 replies 9 retweets 500 likes
      7. Jeremy 🇸🇻 🤘🏽‏ @CrRowley_ Apr 21
        Replying to @EbyyEb @JohnBoyega

        Just now realizing who you were talking to.pic.twitter.com/DBnHzwTuJ8

        1 reply 6 retweets 381 likes
      8. r.i.p.love‏ @_riplove_ Apr 21
        Replying to @CrRowley_ @EbyyEb @JohnBoyega

        You just had a casual conversation with frickin’ John Boyega about bandaids. You can def use that in party conversations. “So I was talking to John, you know, Boyega, yeah yeah about bandaids and...”

        1 reply 8 retweets 224 likes
      9. Christine‏ @PearlandDragon Apr 22
        Replying to @_riplove_ @CrRowley_ and

        "...so anyway I told him he seems a bit clumsy..."

        2 replies 2 retweets 116 likes
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      2. DCasp‏ @AuRevoir3179 Apr 19
        Replying to @ApollonTweets

        This was one of the first things that made me aware of “race” when I was a kid. I remember asking my mom about the bandaid color...Also the “flesh” crayon.

        39 replies 66 retweets 1,894 likes
      3. Boozy Brown Girl‏ @BoozyBrownGirl Apr 19
        Replying to @AuRevoir3179 @ApollonTweets

        Oh, man. The "flesh" crayon confused me so much when I was a kid, & my mom tried her best to help me find the crayon that matched me the best, but I remember being upset that nothing really worked.

        22 replies 57 retweets 1,277 likes
      4. heyjudd‏ @Komorebi_Judd Apr 20
        Replying to @BoozyBrownGirl @AuRevoir3179 @ApollonTweets

        That's why I love the skin tones colouring pencils box

        2 replies 3 retweets 446 likes
      5. Zoe Samuel‏ @zoe_samuel Apr 20
        Replying to @Komorebi_Judd @BoozyBrownGirl and

        Those boxes are good for all kids! My (white-looking, Jewish) niece and nephew use them to draw people of all colors as a matter of habit. Recently drew a couple on a date and it was a Black man with dreads with a white brunette woman. It made me happy that this is their normal.

        18 replies 22 retweets 726 likes
      6. Zoe Samuel‏ @zoe_samuel Apr 20
        Replying to @zoe_samuel @Komorebi_Judd and

        Also this. In 2019, children are finally drawing women when asked to draw a scientist, rising from 1% 50 years ago to 34%, with more than half of girls drawing a woman:https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/03/what-does-scientist-look-children-are-drawing-women-more-ever?utm_campaign=SciMag&utm_source=JHubbard&utm_medium=Facebook&r3f_986=https://www.facebook.com/ …

        10 replies 203 retweets 1,515 likes
      7. Val‏ @ValenParraga Apr 20
        Replying to @zoe_samuel @Komorebi_Judd and

        I’m a scientist in formation and this made me drop a tear.pic.twitter.com/efe4kPMZhK

        2 replies 8 retweets 798 likes
      8. e_b0t / ugh‏ @e_b0t Apr 21
        Replying to @ValenParraga @zoe_samuel and

        Hey, I hope you succeed in your field ! Scientists are important, so thanks for your (current and future) work.

        1 reply 3 retweets 157 likes
      9. Val‏ @ValenParraga Apr 21
        Replying to @e_b0t @zoe_samuel and

        Thank you so so much! I hope things are going equally amazing for you. And thank you for taking a moment to say kind things.

        1 reply 0 retweets 122 likes
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