My experiences have shown me that I probably can’t ever escape race entirely. All I ask is that when people meet me, they judge me on my personality, not my skin color.
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teen writer Nesshell Rainford, from her powerful personal essay “I’m not ‘Oreo’ or ‘Ghetto’ — I’m just being me.”
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