“I love what my brown skin looks like and what it represents. And there are many times I’m fully unaware of my skin. The perfect example is I’m talking to somebody, and they would look at me and say, ‘So how do they do that in India?’ I say, ‘I’m not sure. I’m from Pakistan. But I can Google it for y…”— Habiba Nosheen, allure.comTagged: Race and Identity, Belonging, Diversity, LOL, stereotypes
“I took an African-American studies class at Northwestern where we explored colorism; it was the first time I could put a name to feeling too light in the black community, too mixed in the white community. For castings, I was labeled ethnically ambiguous.”— Meghan Markle, allure.comTagged: Ethnic Ambiguity, Mixed Race, Race and Identity, Belonging, Diversity