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Iron and Clay: Grappling With My Bi-Racial Heritage

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Nicholas Brandon Soriano-Smith (R) with his family. (Courtesy of Nicholas Brandon Soriano-Smith)

All this week, the California Report is putting the voices of Bay Area high schoolers on the air as part of our annual Youth Take Over. This commentary comes from Nicholas Brandon Soriano-Smith, a senior at Westmoor High School in Daly City, a suburb south of San Francisco. Nicholas talks about what it’s like to be a teenager grappling with his bi-racial heritage.

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