Interracial

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I have the right
not to justify my existence in this world
not to keep the races separate within me
not to be responsible for people’s discomfort with my physical ambiguity
not to justify my ethnic legitimacy
I have the right
To identify myself differently than strangers expect me to identify
To identify myself differently than how my parents identify me
To identify [...]

 
California’s schools are among the most segregated in the nation — and they are becoming even more divided, with Latino and African-American students clustered together and isolated from whites, according to a study released this week by the Civil Rights Project at Harvard University.
This trend — driven by economic, policy and demographic changes within the [...]