When i was younger I always figured that the only reason i was the only "light skinned" child that my parents had was because i just never really stayed in the sun as my brothers did. I knew that the man I called daddy was actually my step-dad but he had been there every since i could remember so I never really cared about my real father. It wasn't until i was seven years old when i met this tall, pale skinned, green eyed, brown haired white man who came to be known as my "real dad".
It never crossed my mind that it would be a problem in the real world that I was a mixed child. I didnt really care beacause I was still young. I just figured I would have the best of both worlds. Both sides of my family loved me and treated me the same. My elementary school mainly consisted of whites so the majority of my friends were white. It wasn't until I reached middle school that I first really had alot of black friends besides my family.
At times my black friends whould call me "white girl" and my white friends would ask an ocassional question about what a black person was talking about whenevr they used slang. They just figured I would know since i was half African American and white. Even though my friends meant no harm I still felt offended. Why should it matter if I was bi-racial. It didnt mean that I knew eveything about white people.
I hate it when I get asked or told "Why do you talk so white", "You dress just like a white girl", "Dang, you got that black girl booty" or "Why do black people wear weave?".
I AM ME! I am not some scienece experiment that you come to whenever you have questions about a different race! I am proud to be bi-racial but I just wish that the comments and remarks would stop and everyone would just see me as me and not some mixed girl you go to for anwsers.
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That is a great post.
I think things are moving forward, especially in certain areas in the country, to where soon there will be many more people like you. We will no longer be able to easily distinguish between "black" and "white" and that'll make the elimination of this stupid thing called "racism" a lot easier. Keep being you, and we'll keep reading and appreciating!
Funny though, everyone else around me seems like they WANT to be bi-racial even if they're not. I am not really sure if being say Thai and Chinese is also count as bi-racial since most people categorize all of us as Asians or yellow skin people. But it's something that people definitely think is cool. I don't go around telling people I'm 33% Chinese just because my grandparents are Chinese. lol Can it really be counted in percentage?
You remind me of Mariah Carey. Isn't she bi-racial as well? I admire people who are in between. It seems like they get the best and worse parts from both worlds. Must be an interesting challenge.
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I understand exaclty where you are coming from. However my parents are vice-versa. My mother is white and my father is black. But i grew up in a white community, everyone just thought I was hispanic. Then as I got older, there were those who thought I was a white girl who tanned way too much.
Great post, you are YOU and beautiful. Just stay true to yourself.
I'm black and asian and went through the same exact things. Now I embrace myself wholely. I love Abercrombie and Baby Phat, Timberlake and Kanye.