RACE

Here’s What I Hear When Someone Says There’s Only One Race

Let’s stop pretending the social construct doesn’t exist

Lola Rosario
ILLUMINATION
Published in
5 min readJun 9, 2022

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Latina woman, boat, sea, water, sunglasses
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Mostly, I actively choose to stay away from writing about race — the subject is a sensitive one. Recently, in a conversation about race, my partner made the all too familiar remark.

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Lola Rosario
ILLUMINATION

Poet, Journalist & Translator 🇵🇷. Prefer being barefoot. Available for hire, let's connect. https://lolaslines.com