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When Skin Privilege and Racial Belonging Collide<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

(not) Mixed (up): A Biracial Swirl in a Black and White World<\/a>
\n2016-01-25<\/p>\n

Shannon Luders-Manuel<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

I\u2019ve been thinking a lot about color \/ race privilege and why it\u2019s such a hot button issue for the biracial community. In a Facebook group that I moderate, for mixed race women of African-American or African descent, members have been arguing about issues related to color privilege and mulitiracial privilege: a) whether these are separate privileges, b) whether monoracial people also have privilege, c) whether the biracial \/ mixed race community should shoulder privileges even though we didn\u2019t ask for them, d) whether the black community uses color privilege and multiracial privilege as a way to silence multiracial voices.<\/p>\n

For anyone not familiar with the recent discussion around privileges, most noticeably white privilege, this vlog is an excellent place to start<\/a>…<\/p>\n