I'm a 28yr old female. I'm am Half Black and Half White(Italian,Irish and German). Phyically I look right in the middle. My coloring is light and not to be conceited people I know call me a Vanessa Williams with the light brown eyes, just so you know where I am coming from. My hair is curly but not coarse. I do have Black features like my father, I have full lips and my nose you can tell is from my Black heritage. When I tell people what I am, they believe me. But I always get the question what are you? Which many bi-racial people can understand. People will often ask, "Are you Spanish?", I will say no and say nothing else and then they will pry and pick until I tell them. I was also adopted by a white family when I was 3months old. My mother was 17 and she was pregnant with me. Her family was unwilling to accept a grandchild of an interracial backround. My White family has always helped me in learning about my Black heritage. To be honest the most discrimination I found was at the hands of Black people. Don't get me wrong, White people would have comments as far as, "Your pretty because your half White" or I was ok to be around because I didn't look Black and I'm light and White people feel comfortable around me, but I was Black enough to say they know a Black person. As far as Black people go, I was made to feel guilty because of my color, not because I was part White but my color. I thought I was better. In reality, being an actress was not easy. I was turned down for roles because I did not look Black enough, they need a "Black woman" They didn't want someone with an unusual look. Being different does not always help. I indentify as Bi-racial I acknowledge both sides of my heritage. If you aked me that when I was 20, I was confused. I am comfortable with who I am. The question where do I belong? I say to myself, right here in the middle of it all. Race should not determine where you fit in only from where you once came. I'm glad that there are many Bi-racial support groups and places where couples,singles and children can reach out and talk. People need people to talk with, especially when they are young. I love talking to kids who are mixed and let them know, that they don't have to chose, just be who you are and everything else will just fall into place, you don't have to explain yourself to anyone.

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