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What does it mean to be White in the United States? A personal account.

By: katelynskyebennett 2015-07-16

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How often do you think about the color of your skin? How often do you notice the ways it affects how people treat you? I am White, and I try to think about this every day. I surely do not have to think about my Whiteness. I didn’t realize it until about a year and…

Not all Americans are White

By: katelynskyebennett 2015-04-042015-04-05

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When I was talking about an acoustic Kinyarwanda song I had heard, acoustic being the style in which I write as a musician, my dad asked if the singer was Rwandan (as opposed to American). “I believe so. He didn’t look American,” I replied, adding, “Or sound American.” In that moment, I realized I had…