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When children face racial gatekeeping from peers

My mixed-race daughter came home crying because kids at school said she's not really Black and I don't know how to help her navigate identity policing.

Juana
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The coach is replying

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Colonial logics of racial purity get reproduced by children who police boundaries they didn't create.

Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with The examined colonial subject?”

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