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Mixed girl Being mixed, I’ve never quite fallen into a category. No I’m all not black, No I’m all not white, But a sweet mix. Problem is in most situations I am forced into a slot, Told what I am and what I am not Don’t hold me to stereotypes You don’t know me Don’t take me and shove me into a cluster of a single ethnicity Don’t judge me based on the color of my skin How I’m too light or not light enough Too dark or not dark enough The fact of the matter remains I will never be a single race, a single ethnicity I am African American, Irish, Polish, and Native American “Mixed girl”
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Apr 22, 2015
Apr 22, 2015 at 11:08 PM UTC
Mixed girl
Mixed girl Being mixed, I’ve never quite fallen into a category. No I’m all not black, No I’m all not white, But a sweet mix. Problem is in most situations I am forced into a slot, Told what I am and what I am not Don’t hold me to stereotypes You don’t know me Don’t take me and shove me into a cluster of a single ethnicity Don’t judge me based on the color of my skin How I’m too light or not light enough Too dark or not dark enough The fact of the matter remains I will never be a single race, a single ethnicity I am African American, Irish, Polish, and Native American “Mixed girl”
lianna-walters
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Apr 22, 2015
Apr 22, 2015 at 11:08 PM UTC
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