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When mixed-race spaces expect certain types of consciousness

I joined a mixed-race support group online but everyone else seems to have trauma stories and clear racial politics and I just feel confused and guilty for not being more politicized about my experience.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Even communities designed for inclusion can develop their own orthodoxies that exclude those whose experience doesn't match the dominant narrative of awakening.

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