I think she's White in some contexts, but not in others. In Texas, she doesn't pass as White because people there are more attuned to the the kind of physical features she has that appear Mexican. It's a complicated situation, but I do agree that acknowledging how bias impacts her differently from someone who appears, in every context, to be a person of color is important.

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