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59. I am a very light skinned black woman who can pass for white

I have been in situations where I have seen darker skinned black people harassed and the police have asked if I was ok. my cousins are multi racial one of my cousins has two boys one can pass and the other couldn't she has told me she gets scared for the darker one, while the lighter one will get a pass. So I get it. My son looks white he will never get harassed, I don't have to give him the talk. He is autistic and is treated differently than one of his group home residents. He came home one day in middle school and said the n word. I asked him if he knew what it was he said it was for people with dark skin. I still have to remind him that people would consider him the n word in parts of America if they knew what he was. It is so complicated.