I'm Biracial.

My mom's white, my dad's black. However, I'm Hispanic. I'm sheltered to the racial issues of today. I've never personally met someone who would discriminate against me personally because I was either a woman or dark skinned.

Learning about my past and ancestry, I learned that the bloody hands of slavery in the island countries also had a say in my history. Now, today, dipping my hand in the harsh realities in American 'white' or 'black' culture is difficult, being that I'm both a part of the problem and not part of it in any way. Being biracial leads me to a grey area that's hard to begin to resonate with either 'side'. Other than the fact that I'm a Woman of Color in skin, I'm not in mind. I wish I could change that, but I know how loaded it is to start to dip my hand in that bloody conflict that resonates today.