Ethnicity - xoJane http://www.xojane.com/list/ethnicity en Fri, 29 Mar 2013 09:00:00 -0400 <![CDATA[It's Impossible To "Not See Color" No Matter What Kim Kardashian Says ]]>

The statement, "Oh I didn't even notice you were black. I don't see color," has been said to me on countless occasions. It’s patronizing and insulting.

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]]> http://www.xojane.com/issues/its-impossible-to-not-see-color-no-matter-what-kim-kardashian-says http://www.xojane.com/issues/its-impossible-to-not-see-color-no-matter-what-kim-kardashian-says Issues Fri, 29 Mar 2013 09:00:00 -0400 Christiana Mbakwe <![CDATA[There's No Country For Hairy Women -- How Even My Iranian Sisters Aren't Impressed With My Body Hair]]>

I’m an Iranian-American woman who grew up blessed with a genetic makeup that is the byproduct of thousands of years of evolution in which hairiness developed to somehow help my people better survive in their environment. I guess.

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]]> http://www.xojane.com/beauty/no-country-for-hairy-women http://www.xojane.com/beauty/no-country-for-hairy-women Beauty Mon, 10 Dec 2012 09:00:00 -0500 Elahe Izadi <![CDATA[How Are We Still Playing "Guess My Race"?]]>

While it's one thing to have your own family jokingly question your parentage, it's quite another when the questions come at you from strangers.

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]]> http://www.xojane.com/issues/how-are-we-still-playing-guess-my-race http://www.xojane.com/issues/how-are-we-still-playing-guess-my-race Issues Mon, 19 Mar 2012 11:00:21 -0400 Sarah