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How Can We Free Ourselves from the Confines of the Race Box?

6 min readOct 31, 2021

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Do we really need to classify by race?

When Whiteness became a thing

Whenever Americans were sorted into oversimplified racial categories, it reinforced a White monolithic culture.

Who are we anyway, and where are we headed?

If we go back to our pre-White origins, we might start seeing ourselves on a more level playing field — which would also help nudge our society in that same direction. Because the truth is, creating “White” was a big fat cheat in order to consolidate power.

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Jacqueline Jannotta
Jacqueline Jannotta

Written by Jacqueline Jannotta

Author (“Let’s Leave the Country!”), ex-Hollywood. I write to help us shift from Me to We, toward a better future. BecomingBetterPeople.us.

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