Even if you don't feel pride or you don't have better options, one could still have a connection to a place or a sense of familiarity with it. Even though I will never feel as safe or comfortable as a white person, or feel that I belong as much as they do, I still have a connection to where I live merely from living here and walking through it, knowing people, etc. It's best to channel that sense to work to make that place a better place, into something you can be proud of. If I didn't have that sense, and I think if other POC didn't, we'd never get up in the morning.

A lady once said "Still I rise." I think that's the right attitude to have.