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Chelsea Carter | Atlanta, Georgia | Post 2

Chelsea Carter | Atlanta, Georgia | Post 2

I would like to address the feedback I received from my last article. But first, I would like to apologize if what I wrote offended anyone. By all means, that was not my intention. With that said, I really hope I can better explain what I was trying to convey. To do so, I want to talk about something that is often ignored or superficially addressed: internalized prejudice/racism. While I was raised in a multiracial home, I am perceived, and…

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Chelsea Carter | Atlanta, Georgia | Post 1

Chelsea Carter | Atlanta, Georgia | Post 1

Two days before I was supposed to leave for Spelman I had a nervous breakdown. My mom was standing beside me and I was heaped over the couch, balling my eyes out. I kept thinking about my friends back home and how much I would miss them. And I was worried it would be hard to make new friends, especially being white at an HBCU (historically black college university). But I knew I wanted and needed a new perspective and…

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