Can you tell what % black?
Alfred Eric Richner Prieto,
Duluth, GA.
14% and Iberian, Dominican,, Swiss, Scandinavian. We are all in this world together.
Am I Mexican enough?
Brisa Gardiner,
Canada
I am very confused about my identity and what parts of my background are “mine to use”. I was born in Mexico and lived there for my toddler years but I am only 25% Latin, with the rest being Scottish and Swiss. My mother, who is half Guatemalan, grew up in Guatemala, and “raised me Latina” taught me Spanish and such. I “look foreign” (at least enough to be harassed) but I don’t know what I am supposed to say about my race, as I am pretty much white.
I’m proud of my state’s diversity
Bridget Ruff
Portland, ME
Everytime I meet someone from another part of the country, they immediately label me as a white hick from a rural state. I live in Portland (yes it’s a city and it doesn’t rain) and go to a school where 26 different languages are spoken by a quarter of the students. I’ve met people who disparage this and cite data from when my parents or grandparents were growing up. But a lot has changed since then.
I often feel pressured to ignore my heritage 364 days a year. I identify as culturally Catholic (I don’t go to church or follow many of the more archaic beliefs), Irish, Sweedish and Swiss-German.
