Ed Houlemarde,
Duarte, CA.

I am what is considered a Creole – depending on wher I am I can be lumped into that areas primary race. In school I did not belong to a “race” Because my skin is olive I had mostly minority friends or friends of color. Teaches and later co-workers thought I was Mexican, Black, East Indian, Jamaican, Spanish and my favorite Italian.Even today people will ask what nationality I am and when I say mixed – they assume one of my parents is black. When I say my parents are from New Orleans they say -Oh.