Very common, we have that in the Latin Caribbean too. | by Briana L. Urena-Ravelo | Medium

Meagan, an interesting article.

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1 min readJul 7, 2016

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Very common, we have that in the Latin Caribbean too. Mixed, light skin, and passing Black folks claim Indigenous ancestry to evade anti-Blackness.

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