My best friend and I are both mixed-race but she passes as white and gets treated completely differently when we go out together, and we've never talked about how weird and painful that is for both of us.
More people experience this than they realize.
Friendship strains under the unspoken weight of colorism and passing privilege in social spaces.
“Where Are You with Desirability and beauty standards across cultures?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.