Black Woman, White Skin
Her parents were black, but she looks white. Kenosha Robinson on trying to figure out where she fits in.
Despite my efforts, I was still mistaken for a white girl. So I established myself with an entirely different group-the class clowns. I ridiculed myself as a way of pre-empting comments from others, joking about “not being too white to whup your butt!” Other times, I kidded about being just white enough to “claim kidnapping” if my black friends and I ever got pulled over for speeding. But underneath, it was the same old story: I was actually afraid to look at myself in the mirror. (READ MORE)
Information | TheFourEyes February 29, 2008
