"“You can’t run from your reflection… you can try to lighten your skin, change your hair, but the one thing you can’t run from is yourself. I want to influence people of color to be proud of where they come from and to reconnect with their roots.”"
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Stated in "An honest conversation about colorism in the Latino community" on Good Morning America (2021-09-18)
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