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"No one was like me... I fit in because I'm so light-skinned"

Alabama Public Radio | By Brittany Young
Published April 24, 2018 at 10:56 AM CDT
StoryCorps

As a birthday gift to her mom Beth Gibson, Chris Gibson Barraza had a unique idea in mind: to use the StoryCorps platform to discuss their individual experiences - her parents being in a biracial relationship and Chris growing up as a biracial child in an all-white neighborhood – experiences that have had lasting effects...

Edited by Kierra Wright  
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Arts & Life Mobilestorycorpsalabama public radioThe Poarch Band of Creek IndiansBeth GibsonChis GibsonBarrazaindividual experiencesbiracial relationshipsbiracial childrenbirthday gift
Brittany Young
Brittany Young is Alabama Public Radio's Program Director and Content Manager. Brittany began her public radio journey in the spring of 2015 as a news intern for APR while in graduate school at The University of Alabama.
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