Date: Feb 16, 2009 2:07 PM
Subject: Confessions of a Mulatto


If you could tell any one anything about being mulatto or mixed race what would it be?
Reply to this message and i will post your reply in an anonymous way in a blog.

i just would like to see what other ppl go thru on a daily basis.

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One of the things that used to bother me the most was when I was a lot
younger in high school. I went to a VERY perdominatly white school out
in the country of PA, in fact it took 2 of us mixed kids to make up the
1 sole black kid in my grade. I am ver light skinned yet my dad is
black and mom is white, so many people assumed that I was white, which
obviously was not the case. Its funny now to see how many people tried
to play the role of not being a racist, yet when the believe they are
around "their own kind" the truth comes out. I dont know how many
hundreds of times people have slipped in front of me with racial slurs
and derogatory statements because they believed I was one of them, and
thought it was cool. But it also was an advantage to me because I was
able to see people true colors(no pun intended) and find out who I
shouldnt be friendly with. I still happens today. Its funny to see the
excuses people use when you tell them who you really are.





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I have more then one thing to say about that lol.
 i thankfully
got
lucky when it came to the hair and skin HOWEVER having caramel colored
skin isn't always awesome!
my hair still gets nappy too it jus takes
longer.i dont burn but i still get really really dark and peal in the
summer...and you stand out in a crowd
( in this small Minnesota town i
do)and when walking with my white mother i shutter to think what ppls
think about me or us.

i would say the biggest problem that
comes with being mulatto is the
"too black for the white ppl and too
white for the black ppl"
 i was raised by a white mother so i "act"
white and ppl are shocked at it. black ppl dont wanna hang out with me
cuz i act and talk too white and i look to black for the white ppl.BOTH
races expect the same thing from you: to talk think act and BE black
but for some of us its jus not who we are...or how we were raised.
 sometimes i fee like im letting ppl down cuz im not the sterotypical
big black chick..it hurts cuz u cant please anyone but other mulattos
cuz they understand and have no expecations of how you "should" act or
talk

HOWEVER on the other side to that is when it benifits me i
can clame to be black or i can clame to be white depends on what my
fancy is on that time. also the pretty skin and for me the curly (but
fast growing)hair. NOT burning in the summer and tanning easily.the
fact that i dont live up to the idea of how a black woman should act
think talk and walk in this day in age. IM one of those few ppls that
changes others minds about racism and how a sterotypical black woman
does ANYTHING.. i love how ppl are shocked that i speak intelligently
without anyform of an accent i lean quickly and im sweet and polite.

well
thats what i have to say about all that. sorry my spelling skills are
lacking..thats from bad typing habits more than anything lol. and like
i said feel free to cut and paste and re verbalize what i say if u
deside to post my veiws...

Nichelle H.
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I'd tell them I'd rather be nothing else!
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It's funny how blacks always want to claim Barack Obama, but never once
in my life have I been aceppted in the black race (except by my
family). It's funny how people can pick and choose who they want to be
a part of their race. That is why I chose not to become a active member
in any of the races.




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Any mulatto could swing either way when they want to. In other words,
one can relate to your afro sisters, and then again, relate to the
blanquitos in some way. Not a bad deal!

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I am sick of racial comments that are said around me just because I do
not look black and people assume I dont care its still hurtful



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Being mixed is really hard sometimes because whenever a black female
(100% black parents and grandparents) gets angry at me for something,
the first thing i get called is "white girl" "high yellow bitch"
"redbone"...

being mixed is not my fault...
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Well, I recently started a new job and of course I had to fill out all
of the required paper work. One of the papers asked for gender, race,
etc.. Since my mom taught me not to deny either race and that I was
black and white that is exactly what I wrote Black/White in the box
labeled "other". My HR Manager came to me and said that I had to pick
one. I didn't say anything to her about it because she's in charge but,
I was a little upset. Why should I have to pick one race, when I'm not
just one race?

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