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20 June 2019/ Racial Identity

There is something exceptional about black people

There is something exceptional about black people
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← Nashville via Iran, Palestine and Black Wall StreetChapter 2 of 6 · Maya MansourIdentifying with the black and immigrant experiences in America →
Maya Mansour

Maya Mansour

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Identifying with the black and immigrant experiences in America
Racial Identity

Identifying with the black and immigrant experiences in America

Maya Mansour: People get thrown when I say I am Persian because they don’t expect Persian people to be black.

  • Maya Mansour
    Maya Mansour
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Nashville via Iran, Palestine and Black Wall Street
Racial Identity

Nashville via Iran, Palestine and Black Wall Street

Maya Mansour: They built a highway straight through my mom’s thriving black neighbourhood in the Midwest.

  • Maya Mansour
    Maya Mansour
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