“People called us twins: two tan boys with matching afros. And like many siblings, somewhe
“People called us twins: two tan boys with matching afros. And like many siblings, somewhere in middle school, we started to grow apart. I became a lackluster student who obsessed over social status, and he chose to become an academic scholar. It was around this time that people started pointing out our differences: he was paler with green-blue eyes, for all intents and purposes white. And I had a coffee complexion, dark eyes, and kinky hair. People started asking us if we had the same parents.”— 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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