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there must be something dirty here

I scrub and scrub, until my skin stings, wondering why, I don't look "clean," darker skin, darker hair, they've led me to believe there must be something dirty here
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May 5, 2021
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#racism#skin#colour#dark#hate#selfesteem#prejudice#unity#suffrage
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