Posts tagged “jazmine hughes”

  1. I’m ten. I’m watching wrestling with my two cousins and grandaunt; my cousins are trading stories about the guesses people make about their race. One cousin is constantly mistaken for Mexican; the other, for mixed. They are much lighter than me. I pipe in. “The kids at school think I’m white.” My grandaunt cackles, and spits. “As dark as you are?” I've been made fun of my entire life for not being a "true" or…

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