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White v. White?

Invisibilia

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You Don't Pick Me, You're Not Here for Us

Suzanne only came to terms with her dad decades later, when she came up with a theory about her dad's racial identity. It starts with her moving to hawaii and marrying a native hawaiian man - becoming devoted to the local community in the exact way her dad had gotten involved with the black community in stockton. She learned the language, got into surfing, dancing the hoola, went to protests,. To the point where she found herself, strangely, in the same position as her dad. Did people start to see you asnative hawaiian? Absolutely. Oh. So so to suzanne, it was clear what was going on when mark said he was black at that

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