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PublishedMay 30, 2026 at 1:00 PM
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AI grifters are creating fake Black people to sell Shein junk
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Aliyah, a light-skinned Black woman dressed in country-western gear, is struggling to sell metal buckles she handmade on TikTok. In a video for the social media platform from March, she cries to the camera and pleads for views: "Even as a black woman, I have more faith that white women will stay 13
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