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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern


Author Julie Lythcott-Haims discusses her experience growing up biracial in the United States. Lythcott-Haims, who identifies as black, said blackness is a combination of ancestry and consciousness.

California author talks growing up biracial in America at ETHS event

November 14, 2017

Julie Lythcott-Haims said she spent much of her life trying not to be black. She said she vividly remembers the first time she was called the N-word as a teenager. She was serving as the student body...

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