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Why colorblind friendship feels isolating

My white friends say they don't see color but they've never had to explain their right to be somewhere or justify their presence in spaces I navigate every day.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Well-intentioned racial blindness can deny the daily reality of racialized experience, creating invisible barriers to genuine connection.

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