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The Space Between

Ashley Edwards, an African Americanโ€“Caucasianโ€“Indigenous American, identified as multiracial while an adolescent. As a child, she recalled her mother having to prove maternity when individuals approached them if she were the nanny. Edwards said she often felt the sting of being disconnected from her own mother by the differences in their complexions.

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