mixed dix // breatinginoblivion

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"oh? you're not white? how are you not white? were you adopted or something?" 

JESUS FXCKING CHRIST PEOPLE. WHEN A BLACK PERSON AND A WHITE PERSON HAVE A CHILD THE COLORS SEEM TO MIX A LITTLE BIT HENCE THE TERM "A MIXED PERSON" MY GOD. FROM TWO PLUS FXCKING TWO PEOPLE. I AM SO SICK OF HAVING TO FXCKING PICK ONE RACE OR THE OTHER. on like school sheets & shet or something like that, i have to fill out my race aND FOR SOME FXCKING REASON IT DOESNT ALLOW YOU TO FILL OUT TWO BUBBLES SO I LITERALLY HAVE TO FORGET ABOUT EITHER THE BLACK PART OF MYSELF OR THE WHITE PART AND I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS LITTLE I USED TO LITERALLY FXCKING CRY ABOUT IT. don't even fxcking get me started on this oreo shet oH MY GOD. I HAVE BEEN CALLED A FXCKING OREO SO MANY TIMES AND I AM SICK OF IT. DO I LOOK LIKE A FXCKING COOKIE YOU NEED TO DIP IN MILK YOU PIECE OF IGNORANT SHET? i don't want to sound like a brat rn but im done. I AM DONE. NO, IM NOT A "light skinned black girl" OR "a tanned white girl" I AM FXCKING A BIRACIAL HUMAN BEING. AND FOR YOUR INFORMATION JUST BECAUSE MY HAIR IS NATURALLY CURLY DOESNT MEAN I CANT FXCKING BRUSH IT? WTF? SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE ASKED ME WHEN I WAS LITTLE, "can you brush your hair? is it hard to comb? why is it so thick? why is it so poofy?" FXCKING SCREW YOU. I LITERALLY STRAIGHTEN MY HAIR ALMOST EVERY FXCKING DAY TO SILENCE EVERYONE AND IT STILL ISNT ENOUGH BECAUSE PEOPLE STILL ASK WHY ITS SO THICK. I COULD RANT FOR FXCKING YEARS ABOUT THIS IM SO OVER IT RN. 

-olive, biracial (black & white), america

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