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Racism Takes So Many Forms
Identity & Belonging
Race & Ethnicity

As soon as I took the train past my stop into Manhattan for high school it started...as soon as a white woman or white man would look at me they just took their purse, put their hands in their pockets, shift over, stand, change their position...Like, 'Damn, what did I do?'

Kris
, New York
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