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How to Respond When Someone Tells You That Race Is a Construct

You have nothing to prove. Sometimes, the best thing to do is walk away.

Leigh Green
Human Parts
Published in
6 min readOct 3, 2020

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Closeup of a Black woman’s eye, with light shining in a strip where her eyes is. Rest of face obscured by shadow.
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A couple of months ago I wrote an essay about my experience growing up as a light-skinned Black woman in the United States.

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Leigh Green
Human Parts

Freelance Editor | Essayist | Pronouns: she/they