Why So Many Are Stuck in the “Other” Box
Notes from America with Kai Wright
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What Does It Mean for You?
I was going to mention that early run, this idea of like, race and ethnisty being flexible and complicated. Both me and my sister were specifically given names that my parents really hoped would help us to assimilate a little bit better. You know, it's funny, cause i was given a name explicitly to make me more black, eg im anas. And your first, not only the how pronounceable your first name is, but it's like the specific combination of your first and last name. And how how ethmic does that make you sound? How white does it make you sound?" I think about er how important that act is of choosing your child's name, and
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