Angie My name is Angela, and I'm 17 years old. Race is given so much attention and it doesn't even begin to define a person. I hear so many stereotypes of this race and that and it really bothers me, not to say that I haven't been guilty of stereotyping, it is so ingrained in American culture that it is inherent. My mom is white and I have lived with her almost my entire life and I never felt that I was different because I was mixed. I didn't ever want to be completely white or completely black, I always have felt blessed to be biracial, and even if I wasn't I would still be blessed because race isn't even an issue to the people who matter to me and care about me. I don't get offended when people ask me what color I am, because I understand why they are interested, I am interested in biracial people too, that is why I initially visited this site. Maybe the reason I have never felt like the "tragic mulattoe" is because of the atmosphere I grew up around. I have a lot of mixed cousins and two brothers. One of my brothers is black and white like mand the other is white and mexican. I have a mixed nephew and mixed nieces who are some of the most beautiful children I have ever seen, well maybe I'm a little biased with that opinion. Anyways, maybe this is why I really don't understand some of the problems that other biracial people have went through. Yeah, I've been called zebra and oreo, but it just rolled off my back, cause others have been called honky and cracker or nigger and coon(and I've even been called that too),and I've dooped myself into believing I'm superior to the people who have fallen victim to ignorance.
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