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I don’t want people to think I’m White… I think as far as passing, I don’t know that I really look White, but people think I’m White a lot. But most people don’t think I’m Black. I think it’s weird, because I think you have to put up with a lot of bullshit…It’s kind of a weird position because people will tell you things to your face about your own race.
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Bettez, S.C. (2012). Forced “Passing”. In: Bettez, S.C. (eds) But Don’t Call Me White. Breakthroughs in the Sociology of Education, vol 2. SensePublishers. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6091-693-9_6
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