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By Leslie Linthicum
Gallup, New Mexio (AP)
One day. One piece of cloth.
“Before I was just some girl, you know,” Amber Tom says. “But then, after, it’s like, ‘Oh, it’s that girl. She’s the girl with the scarf.’ I think that’s what people around here call me. They don’t know my name.”
Since we’re talking about labels, these are Amber Tom’s: 20-year-old. Navajo. University of New Mexico-Gallup student. Devout Muslim.
Gallup, New Mexio (AP)
One day. One piece of cloth.
“Before I was just some girl, you know,” Amber Tom says. “But then, after, it’s like, ‘Oh, it’s that girl. She’s the girl with the scarf.’ I think that’s what people around here call me. They don’t know my name.”
Since we’re talking about labels, these are Amber Tom’s: 20-year-old. Navajo. University of New Mexico-Gallup student. Devout Muslim.
