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1. "What within our systems limit us?"

2. "What culture is dominant?"

3. "What race is dominant within our institutions, within our systems?"

4. "What would it take to change those systems?"

# data[].attributes.body
1. "What within our systems limit us?"

2. "What culture is dominant?"

3. "What race is dominant within our institutions, within our systems?"

4. "What would it take to change those systems?"

# data[].attributes.body
1. "What within our systems limit us?"

2. "What culture is dominant?"

3. "What race is dominant within our institutions, within our systems?"

4. "What would it take to change those systems?"

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types of systemic racism that exist

She established that she is from Sierra Leone, Barbados and she spent a lot of time in The Netherlands.

"limitations put on me" and
"limitations  I put on myself"

attended an International School

Parents told her: "You cannot get into trouble because you would not be treated the same way as other students."

"I held onto to that and I really watched my actions."

"I always tried to make sure that I didn't do the wrong thing basically."

"And so, then again, I've imposed these limitations on myself. I didn't take risks. I didn't extend myself and again that was because the limits of that system on my colour."

Challenges of growing up in The Netherlands

Saint Nicholas Festival
-celebrated on December 5th
-he's from Spain
- he's accompanied by 2 Black helpers, called Zwarte Piet (Black Pete)
-Zwarte Piet is someone dressed up in costume and he puts on black face
-Ms. Sharon shared that during this time, people who said to her: "Hahaha, I look like you."
"Look, there's Zwarte Piet walking down the street."

Ms. Sharon reflected: "Again, that system, that holiday, that culture is already being overtly racist to me and who I am basically."

"And within that system because predominantly it's being celebrated, you do feel helpless."

"And you know that if you were to come out yelling at these people or challenging them, they sort of looked at you as if you were crazy."

"And to this point, to this day, Zwarte Piet is still being debated as to whether he should be part of that holiday or not and that completely boggled my mind."

"And so again, we're looking at those systems."

QUESTIONS TO YOU:
"What within our systems, not just within the US but also just around us...

1. "What within our systems limit us?"

2. "What culture is dominant?"

3. "What race is dominant within our institutions, within our systems?"

4. "What would it take to change those systems?"