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: Students often feel they must "exceed presumed expectations" to prove their worth in environments where their intelligence is questioned due to racial biases.

: Subcultures like dance provide spaces where "freaky" is redefined. Research suggests that for some minority ethnic young women, these spaces allow for the construction of "proliferating diasporic identities" that challenge restrictive, mainstream versions of femininity. Navigating Hyper-visibility and Invisibility black rican teen freak

For many Black Puerto Rican youth, identity is not a monolith but a "fluid subjectivity" that shifts between Black, Latino, and "mixed" identities depending on the environment. : Students often feel they must "exceed presumed