Sandra Laing was born in apartheid South Africa in 1955 to parents who were legally classified as white, yet her darker appearance led authorities to classify her as “coloured.” At school, she was removed from the white school she had been attending, and her family spent years challenging the classification. Although she was eventually reclassified as white at 17, Sandra’s story continued to be shaped by the racial categories imposed by the apartheid system, including how she was treated by inst
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Sandra Laing was born in apartheid South Africa in 1955 to parents who were legally classified as white, yet her darker appearance led authorities to classify her as “coloured.” At school, she was removed from the white school she had been attending, and her family spent years challenging the classification. Although she was eventually reclassified as white at 17, Sandra’s story continued to be shaped by the racial categories imposed by the apartheid system, including how she was treated by inst
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