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by Sam Fontes


The Day I Turned Brown
Growing up in Brazil, with a privilege that made me barely think about my own skin tone, I was a little disconnected from my own reality. But on a university trip to China, I became the group's “diversity” person simply for being tan and Latino. And for the first time, I began to understand how much identity can change depending on who is looking.

Sam Fontes
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