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How colorism complicates intergenerational identity

I'm biracial and white-passing but my mixed-race daughter looks more like my Black father and strangers assume I'm her nanny.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Physical appearance determines social recognition in ways that fracture family coherence and challenge maternal authority.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Adopted identity — chosen and given?”

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