Was known “The Whitest Black Girl”

Andrea Vonstein,
Akron, OH.

During high school, I was considered the whitest black girl because I got along with them so much.

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I Felt Bad While Writing This.

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Speaking Spanish? Your stealing my culture.

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Mon Dieu! Mais vous êtes blanche!

You're not from here, are you?

Do I have to Dutch Dance?

RACE isn't culture or beauty. Brains are.

Yo! Biologically, race does not exist.

Rose colored veil of white privilege

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I was there, so were friends.

I want to understand and feel

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Touch my hair? Permission is needed.

I'm Catholic; Therefore I'm a Minority

You do not look like African.

He brought something for his worker.

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2004 before we admitted black roots.

Montgomery Blair HS still inspires me

Si se puede the famous quote.

What is the term Pinoy Pride?

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I ate pasta, family ate rice.

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But where are you really from?

Never Visited the Country I Claim

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My dear friend's current life below

Stories should be told, not hidden

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He put pickles in my pancakes.

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