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I’m the typical, big, white girl.

November 13, 2019November 13, 2019 Laura Coil, Lima, OH

Laura Coil,
Lima, OH

I chose this because once I got older, I got a bit bigger than what the normal size for a girl in society is. I was and still am at times made fun of just because I am different. A lot of girls are called “typical white girls” if they like things that correlate to being typical now for a girl. A little bit like if a girl likes Starbucks or cozy socks, etc. Instead of being sad and feeling different in a bad way, I can embrace it. Embrace that I am different and just as healthy as a smaller girl. I can embrace whatever I like with no care in the world of what someone else thinks.

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I don’t know what to answer?

December 1, 2016December 1, 2016 American, answer, black hair, CA, Carolina, Europe, latina, Lima, Mexico, mixed, Morelos, Peru, San Jose, tan

Carolina,
San Jose, CA.

My mother was born in Morelos, Mexico and my Father was born in Lima, Peru. I was born in San Jose, CA. Whenever anyone asks me “where are you from?” I never truly understand the question. I’m American? I’m mixed? I’m Latina? Especially since I’ve been studying abroad in parts of Europe, the confusion with this question only rises. When someone in Europe asks me where I come from I say “I’m American”. They follow up by asking, “No, where are you originally from?”. It’s funny because in both Peru and Mexico they won’t acknowledge me as one of them yet my skin is too tan and my hair too black to be considered a true “American”. I guess I’m just a drifter.

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