I am a 17 year old Male Black and Mexican American. As to my experience with being biracial, I have to say that it definetely has its ups and downs. I am very light-skinned but I have Black features such as my hair and my face. I can't say that I live a normal life because I feel like I don't fit in with Black people and White people tend to ignore me and so do Mexicans. I've often wondered is my total lack of friends due to the fact that I'm biracial or that I'm just not a nice person. I go to a Black-oriented school and live in a Black neighborhood, but if I was to describe myself, I could not say that I am the typical black person. Sometimes, I don't know what I am because I'm always questioned why I look or act the way I do. I appreciate my heritge and upbringings but sometimes I wonder would I be happier if I was just one race.

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