How brown people feel when white women look at them

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What do brown women feel when white women look at them?

Aisha Mirza accidentally stepped on a white woman's yoga mat and got an angry glare in return. That moment took her back to the many times white women have made her feel dirty and guilty. She wrote about it in a Buzzfeed commentary called "White Women Drive Me Crazy." It quickly went viral. Mirza (@workinhardmummy) talks to Rupa (@RupaShenoy) about what happened next.

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