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African American Racial Identity

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The Effects of Racial Identity and Colorism on the African American Community It was recently heard from one of Barry University’s biology professors that all human beings are about 99 percent alike on the genetic level. However, there is so much division between the same humans in the world today. How could this occur between individuals who are essentially the same in regards to DNA? The answer can be found in one’s consideration of personal identity. The uncertainty of racial identity has been a pressing problem for African Americans since the days of slavery. As a result of a twisted form of local and national conditioning, many young men and women of African descent have grown to be ashamed of their skin. In a successful attempt to bring
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