Dania Abreu-Torres
San Antonio, TX

My husband and I are Puerto Ricans. I am more “white” than he is -He usually was mistaken as a muslim-. We have a blonde, blue eyed girl. In Florida, he use to take her to the supermarket. He was followed by a lady and asked if the baby was really his daughter. He looked at her confused and then understood. He just replied: “Yes, don’t you see the resemblance? Especially the eyes?”, and then laughed. The woman was more confused, but did not replied and stopped following. I was so surprised, but, of course, race in the US is read from the color, never from ethnics.