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Explaining my race
It's kinda frustrating.
Replies: 44 — Last Post Jan. 10 10:18pm by Expando1
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I'm black but very light skinned. I am the lightest one in my family(household wise anyways). People at school always puzzled at my race. Some mostly think I'm Puerto Rican, some think I'm half white, someone said I was Indian one time lol

Technically I am like 1/4 or 1/5 white. My great grandfather from my moms side was half white because he's dad was white. I don't know about my dad's side though. He doesn't have many light skinned people in his family. Anyways I came out white and when I tell people that I am black and only like 1/4 white they don't believe me. I tell them that both of my parents are black and they look at me like "WTF?". I always tell them "Look at this hair, does it look white to you?" xD.

When I was born I was lighter than I am now and my eyes used to be Gray.

Post edited at 6:16 pm on Jan. 2, 2009 by Moonscar

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cowgirlyehaa


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race doesnt matter
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cool

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Genes are funny things.

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MR UNKNOWN


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picture?

maybe your albino

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snowfish


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yeah, people have really narrow ideas of race and always want to put me in one box or another. It's hard to explain too that how you identify your race isn't just how people perceive you, it's also the culture you come from.

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Ok so

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sounds exotic  =]

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Quote: from mr unknown at 6:17 pm on Jan. 2, 2009
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picture?

maybe your albino

Bad Halloween picture :S

The camera makes things look greasy



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GoloSLB

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Yeah, I have the same problem...so I just stopped explaining.  I hate when people think like that.  a person's race manifests itself differently in everyone.

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kidd rune


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You have Caucasoid traits.

I guess you got the more dominant Caucasoid traits and the less dominant Negroid ones.

Good job - you're mixed.

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Quote: from Moonscar at 6:21 pm on Jan. 2, 2009
Quote: from mr unknown at 6:17 pm on Jan. 2, 2009
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 picture?  

 maybe your albino

Bad Halloween picture :S  

The camera makes things look greasy

You look black to me and you're not that light skinned.

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Quote: from ocho cinco at 6:32 pm on Jan. 2, 2009
Quote: from Moonscar at 6:21 pm on Jan. 2, 2009
Quote: from mr unknown at 6:17 pm on Jan. 2, 2009
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  picture?

  maybe your albino

 

 Bad Halloween picture :S

 The camera makes things look greasy  

 

You look black to me and you're not that light skinned.

That's what I try to tell people but they are like " No you are very light".

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MR UNKNOWN


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you look black

half black maybe

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Chelle92


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It's cool to be mixed and have ppl not know exactly what you are. Consider yourself lucky!
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