“My Family Is From The Caribbean And We Do Colorism So Well”: 11 Moments From “Light Girls” That Had Us Talking
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Victoria Uwumarogie
How Biracial Women Deal With Detractors
One woman’s tearful story about black people actually telling her that she’s not a “real black person” because she is half white was pretty gripping:
“I was just told recently that I’m not a real black person, I’m not even a part black person. It doesn’t matter what my granddaddy did or what he was about. I don’t know anything about the black experience and I have no right because my skin color doesn’t match…it cheated me out of being who I am. And I’m now almost 40 figuring that out.”
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