“Yes, I’m mixed-race. There’s girls who look like me and glorify being exotic. I have a responsibility to my Blackness.”

“I’m a Brown Afro-indigenous woman. That makes people uncomfortable as it is. The folks that have a problem with me and say, ‘You still live with privilege. You not fully Black.’ I can’t win and I can’t lose, so I’ma just keep going.” She smiles. “Yes, I’m mixed-race. There’s girls who look like me and glorify being exotic. I have a responsibility to my Blackness.” —Princess Nokia (Destiny Frasqueri)

Ivie Ani, “Princess Nokia Is Ready to Reign,” The Village Voice, March 29, 2017. https://www.villagevoice.com/2017/03/29/princess-nokia-is-ready-to-reign/.

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