Maria says she’s black and Lucy says she’s white. Together, they prove none of this makes sense.

Source: www.vox.com

These twins also have three siblings and they say “we are at opposite ends of the [skin color] spectrum and they are all somewhere in between.”  Their lives show that the differences underlying the cultural constructs of “white” and “black” as discrete categories isn’t defensible, but it doesn’t mean that it isn’t culturally important.  As stated in the article, “here’s no question that the way people categorize Lucy and Maria, and the way they think of themselves, will affect their lives.  That’s because, even though race is highly subjective, racism and discrimination based on what people believe about race are very real.”

Tags: culture, race.