My racial/ethnic identity I choose to acknowledge and practice is African-American. Although my father calls us "mutts", a mixture of various ethnicities, such as African-American, Chicataw (Choctaw) Indian and Caucasian (Irish). Unfortunately, I do not know the percentages of each, however, I have decided to look into it in the near future.
When I was in third grade I became aware of my African American identity when a Caucasian boy said "you are pretty for a black girl." Although a young girl…
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