In Latin America we call this phenomenon «mejorar la raza»; trans.: | by Miguel Adrover

My skin is even more of a disappointment to my mother because my father is white. She believed his whiteness would dilute her darkness and that her children would have all the benefits of light skin. When I was born, she discovered that genetics is not so simple. I inherited my mother’s dark skin, s…

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Miguel Adrover

1 min readJul 13, 2020

In Latin America we call this phenomenon «mejorar la raza»; trans.: to «fix» or «upgrade» your condition with whiteness.

Written by Miguel Adrover

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