I was raised by my mother, but around my father's family. She was alone. My father's family rejected my mother because she was too dark, and they wer… - Sandra María Esteves

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I was raised by my mother, but around my father's family. She was alone. My father's family rejected my mother because she was too dark, and they were only a slight shade lighter. Their attitude was based on racist criteria of appearances that people had back then, when the hue of your skin defined who you were, where you were able to go, what you I could learn, do, and achieve in life.