“It was in this misstep [straightening his hair] that my race was delivered to me: by the

“It was in this misstep [straightening his hair] that my race was delivered to me: by the white kids that thought, "Why is this black guy trying to have white hair?” to the black kids that thought, “Why is this black guy straightening his hair?” It was as if the world was telling me I had been black all along. And there was acceptance in assimilating into being what everyone else thought I was.“— Sean Weiner in 11.15.91, his personal documentary about how his understanding of being mixed race changed and complicated over time. See the documentary and read Sean’s reflections on our site. -- source link
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