Not in the way teens say, Their white and I’m not.
I’m Half Indian and half white in a manly white country.
‘What fake tan do you use sweetie?’
I smile and laugh as my gut twists.
My mum says ‘Thats just her skin’
Great-
It’s ok I’m fine-
‘That’s so nice your taking the grandkids out’
But that’s my mum…..
‘Oh my I’m so sorry’ the chemist lady says
It’s ok I say as I feel confused.
‘I don’t want to work with her she’s umm *****
I sit there and say ‘I’m not’
But my gut twists-
The teacher says ‘Don’t say that about someone that’s rude’
‘Yeah it is’, I say quietly
And they all think it’s just a joke or them asking a question
But it’s not.
They don’t think this is what I have been hearing all my life…. And it’s only going to dig us into a bigger hole
We are poeple
Maybe not the poeple you want
But we are poeple
and your just going to have to live with that.
-vivw048
Apr 11
Apr 11, 2026 at 10:54 AM UTC
Not in the way teens say, Their white and I’m not.
I’m Half Indian and half white in a manly white country.
‘What fake tan do you use sweetie?’
I smile and laugh as my gut twists.
My mum says ‘Thats just her skin’
Great-
It’s ok I’m fine-
‘That’s so nice your taking the grandkids out’
But that’s my mum…..
‘Oh my I’m so sorry’ the chemist lady says
It’s ok I say as I feel confused.
‘I don’t want to work with her she’s umm *****
I sit there and say ‘I’m not’
But my gut twists-
The teacher says ‘Don’t say that about someone that’s rude’
‘Yeah it is’, I say quietly
And they all think it’s just a joke or them asking a question
But it’s not.
They don’t think this is what I have been hearing all my life…. And it’s only going to dig us into a bigger hole
We are poeple
Maybe not the poeple you want
But we are poeple
and your just going to have to live with that.
-vivw048
I have had some wierd conversations with people before or wild things said to me. I hope other poeple feel the same thing and now have somthing to feel seen by.