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Layla Saad
Layla Saad

Aug 31, 2020

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The New Self-Help

‘I Don’t See Color’ Is an Act of Racial Gaslighting

There’s a reason only white children are taught to be ‘color-blind’

This story is part of The New Self-Help: 21 Books for a Better You in the 21st Century.

As a child, I could never understand why white parents would shush their children whenever they…

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