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Lolo Jones Wants You to Know She Isn't Black Either

The athlete says the only "race" she claims is the 100m hurdle.

Surprise! Another half-Black celebrity is coming out of the woodwork claiming to be "not Black." This time, Olympian Lolo Jones is the subject as she took to Twitter to voice her support for Taye Diggs's recent comments about his son not having to choose races.

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It all started when Jones began sharing her own personal story of being biracial on Twitter.

Well, needless to say, Black Twitter was not here for her opinions as they called out the athlete for not understanding what it means to "accept her Blackness."

After noticing the brutal dragging she was getting on social media, Jones gave quite the interesting response:

But her tweet left many asking the following question:

Did she not see that coming, though?

Take a look at Beyond the Lights actress Gugu Mbatha-Raw, another biracial woman, as she speaks on not feeling discriminated against for being of mixed race, below:

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