I AM 16 AND MALE AND ALL MY LIFE I'VE CONSIDERED MYSELF BLACK. I WAS RAISED BLACK EVEN THOUGH I'VE LIVED WITH MY MOTHER, WHO IS WHITE. I CONSIDER MYSELF BLACK BECAUSE ALL MY WAYS ARE BLACK, LIKE THE WAY I THINK, TALK, ACT, ETC... I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN ECCEPTED INTO THE BLACK COMMUNITY AND NEVER INTO THE WHITE COMMUNITY, I'VE BEEN CALLED A NIGGER SO MANY TIMES THAT I USED TO THINK IT WAS MY NAME. I FOUND OUT WHAT IT MEANT, AND THE PEOPLE WHO CALLED ME THAT, WONT DO IT AGAIN, IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN. I HAVE HAD TO DEAL WITH ALOT OF RACISM AND I JUST HOPE ONE DAY THAT THIS WORLD CAN SURPASS THE IGNORENCE. I SOMETIMES DONT EVEN THINK OF MYSELF AS HALF WHITE BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE A TOTAL OUTCAST WITH WHITES. WHEN IM WITH A BLACK GROUP THEY SAY IM BLACK, WHEN IM WITH A WHITE GROUP OF PEOPLE IM STILL BLACK, THEREFORE I CONSIDER MYSELF BLACK. YOU SEE, WETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT, NO MATTER HOW HARD YOU TRY, YOU CANT JUST BE BIRACIAL, THE WORLD WILL LABEL YOU BASED ON IGNORENCE AND STUPIDITY. IT IS SAD, BUT THAT'S THE WAY IT IS.

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