Racial denial describes the act of coercing mixed-race individuals to identify solely as one race. Author of Raceless Georgina Lawton speaks to 4 mixed-race women about it. 

Author Georgina Lawton discusses the effects of racial denial 

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Whiteness is an identity to which many mixed-heritage individuals and those raised in white homes are encouraged to aspire

Mistaking an individual’s racial identity can leave people at greater risk of high blood pressure, poorer self-rated mental health and poorer self-rated overall health

Whiteness is not just a racial category we perceive to be real, but a currency which can aid anyone in its proximity

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"The word ‘raceless’ alludes to the very particular feeling of dislocation which occurs when your heritage is white-washed in a homogenous setting"

Racial denial: 4 mixed-race women on being pressured to identify as white