Mayling

The YUNGBLUD Podcast by BBC

Jun 17, 202115:22Society & Culture

The racism Mayling faced growing up black in an all-white town in the USA made her think that her skin color was wrong. But through spoken word poetry she has learned to share her discomfort and insecurities, finding acc...

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