Maybe you don’t say you’re black if you’re biracial. But it’s how you’re seen |
Maybe you don’t say you’re black if you’re biracial. But it’s how you’re seen
The Guardian
2015-11-22
Zach Stafford, Contributing Writer
Chicago, Illinois
No matter how I identify or how I feel, it’s my skin color that determines how I’ll be treated
Like every young black man I know, I remember the moment when my parents sat me down for “the talk” about the very real danger that comes from being young, black and male in the US. My mother and step-father sat me down one day when I was about 15 years old and told me that that now that I was getting older, I needed to be careful…
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