My little sister just came up to me and said "am I not black?"

And obviously I was like um yes you are, you know you are lol. And she said "Mr. Steven (our neighbor) said it's called biracial and I'm not actually black". Like girl, the old white man doesn't tell us what we can or cannot be😂 just a friendly PSA that black and biracial (or biracial and ANY culture) is not mutually exclusive lol. Biracial literally just means "more than one race"- so both. I thought more people were aware of that, but it's come up multiple times in my life and apperantly is already coming up for my kid sister 🤦

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AmmieBell · 22-25, F

My little cousin was called out by a teacher in front of the whole class because they had to fill out a thing that included race. But you could only pick one for some reason and there was no 'other' option. Her mom is English and her dad is half native American and half Mexican. So she listed "white", since in her mind she was a higher percentage white than anything else. And her teacher made her erase it and write in black and she came home crying because she had been embarrassed in front of the whole class. It was dumb.

Lucyy · 22-25, F

@AmmieBell happens too often smfh

Loretta78 · 46-50, F

@AmmieBell That's so horrible! 😢

ninalanyon · 61-69, T

@AmmieBell That's really strange. Why is there such an obsession with dividing people into separate named types in the US? I know it happens elsewhere too, but the US seems to be vastly more obsessed with it than most places.

AmmieBell · 22-25, F

@ninalanyon I guess because discrimination and stereotypes are so common here, it just sort of normalises it? I'm sure it's a lot of things though. It's almost like it's part of the culture tbh