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Justin is studying economics at Temple University. Growing up in a black community, he became aware of variations in skin tone within communities\/families. \u201cI remember lots of it started with my hair. I have really really thick hair that my siblings don\u2019t have, so it kind of started there. It kind of started with people making fun of my hair, like \u2018oh this is messy, nappy, and really bad.\u2019 You start to cope a little bit like it\u2019s just my hair, why do people care about how my hair looks? If I had to pinpoint it, it was when I started to hang outside more. I remember one summer I had a lot of family members comment on how dark I got from playing outside. And I was like, \u2018oh, hadn\u2019t really noticed\u2019. I had one family member be like \u2018you look black as sh-t\u2019. I had family members call me bad names. I think it starts with jokes when you\u2019re growing up, so you just try to put it past you. It’s like people are laughing, so I guess it\u2019s kind of funny. And then it’s like, oh, I\u2019m kind of hearing this a lot. So then you\u2019re like what\u2019s wrong with how I look? No one else is getting this based off of how they look, why am I getting it? There was a lot of that growing up. Those summers where I did get really dark I heard it the most.\u201d Justin says, \u201cTake the time to realize where your preferences come from. I think lots of people have these preferences that they think are really harmless. They don\u2019t realize that could be stemming from \u2018oh, I don\u2019t like this thing about myself.\u2019 or \u2018oh, I don\u2019t like these things about these people\u2019. And they don\u2019t take the time to realize, \u2018I really am contributing to societies thought processes that are really damaging and really hurt a lot of people\u2019.\u201d \u201cWhen you grow up and aren\u2019t told that how you look is okay then you start to think that how you look is not okay because that’s the only other alternative there. At times it wasn\u2019t even that I was getting picked on because I was darker because I think at some point it did start to fade a little. I think one of the biggest things was you weren\u2019t told that was even okay. I can get past the making fun of, but when you don\u2019t even hear that how you look is okay then you start to go backwards a little bit.\u201d<\/p>\n"},"caption":{"rendered":"

Justin is studying economics at Temple University. Growing up in a black community, he became aware of variations in skin tone within communities\/families. \u201cI remember…<\/p>\n

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