{"id":140,"date":"2020-06-04T14:47:44","date_gmt":"2020-06-04T18:47:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/projectcolorism\/files\/2020\/06\/IMG_8518.jpg"},"modified":"2020-06-04T14:48:39","modified_gmt":"2020-06-04T18:48:39","slug":"img_8518","status":"inherit","type":"attachment","link":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/projectcolorism\/stories-of-pc\/img_8518\/","title":{"rendered":"Sehin"},"author":19727,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"class_list":["post-140","attachment","type-attachment","status-inherit","hentry","entry"],"description":{"rendered":"

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\u201cA lot of my features are what you would expect, I guess of a \u2018stereotypical mixed person:\u2019 I tend to have looser curls and my skin is very light. But my features are what you might say a \u2018stereotypical black\u201d person has, like I have the wide nose and the big lips,\u201d says Sehin about being mistaken as mixed-race, despite being half Jamaican and half Ethiopian. Regarding friends she has made in college and being lighter than most of her family, Sehin says \u201cthere is a feeling of not belonging or not really knowing my place because of my skin tone, but at the same time I\u2019ve come to accept that.\u201d She mentions people often point out her hair and make comments like how she has \u201cgood hair,\u201d because of her looser curls compared to \u201cother people who may have 4c hair that is really kinky, and more \u2018Afro-like\u2019 in texture.\u201d Having grown up in a predominantly white community, she recalls a time during 8th grade when her hair grew long enough for the big chop: to cut off the portions that were texturized by her mother to make styling easier when she was younger. She says she wore her natural hair out to school and a friend told her \u201cyour hair looks wild,\u201d to which she responded with \u201cit\u2019s just my hair.\u201d That exchange stuck with her as it was one of the first times in which she embraced and wore out her hair in its natural texture, and she did not know how to respond other than the way she did. Calling her hair routine \u201ca pain\u201d but also worth it due to the results of her hard work, she cites it as a \u201ctherapeutic ritual\u201d that has helped her build confidence. She lights up as she talks about her love for fashion and encourages people to turn to modes of self expression as strategies for confidence building: \u201cA form of self expression I have is through my clothes and while that is appearance based, you don\u2019t really need to take in someone\u2019s face to appreciate what they are wearing or the way in which they style certain things.\u201d<\/p>\n"},"caption":{"rendered":"

\u201cA lot of my features are what you would expect, I guess of a \u2018stereotypical mixed person:\u2019 I tend to have looser curls and my…<\/p>\n

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