"I never thought that I was better than anybody else but I became an outcast to many of my peers who assumed that I was stuck up or conceited because I had light skin and wavy hair (also called “good hair” by some in the Black community)."
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https://medium.com/interracial-relations/what-do-you-think-of-dating-when-biracial-f8385dd58999

"My ethnicity has been a source of fascination for countless people whom I have befriended or have come into contact with over the years. I never wanted to stand out for this, but I always did. I hated being “mixed” or “mulatto”, as many kids called me. So often I was asked, “What ARE you??”
#biracial #multiracial #racism #raceawareness #culture #ethnicity #psychology #connection #growth
https://medium.com/interracial-relations/to-grow-up-looking-white-with-a-black-mother-in-urban-america-ce57ea7cbedb