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How colorism creates complex identity challenges

I'm light-skinned and people assume I have it easier but I feel like I don't belong anywhere sometimes.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Intraracial privilege based on skin tone generates isolation from both communities while maintaining exposure to systemic racism.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Racial identity — lived experience?”

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