I wonder why people feel like they have the right to ask me about my personal life. I don't know how many times a day I am asked, "Who are you? Where are you from? What are you mixed with?" My replies to those people are, "Why do you care where I'm...
"I Am More Than My Race: It used to be 'check a box' because you cannot pick both. Mix people are treated as if they are contagious or a deadly host. Now, when a box is presented, it says 'other' why do I have to be an 'other?' What does that mean? Other. Am I an 'other' because I am part of my father and part of my mother?" -Charlena E. Jackson, Why are You Obsessed with My Race?
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