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  • Identity Conflicts Aren’t Just for Mixed People. I’m Black and I Have Them, Too

    I wish there were an option for “It’s complicated” when I’m talking about who I am and where I’m from. No, I’m not physically racially ambiguous in a way that makes people ask endless questions about my ethnicity, demand to know my heritage or call me exotic. I am, in fact, very black. I’ll never…

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    Omonigho Ufomata






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    February 24, 2014
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Omonigho Ufomata






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