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Thursday, October 26, 2006
What it’s really like to be a biracial student
Melanie Boysaw is a thoughtful 15-year-old in L.A. who plays basketball and loves a wide diversity of music.
But that’s not how most of the kids at school think of her.
Some think of her as their “half-black” friend. To others, she’s their “half-white” friend. To the ignorant, she’s “oreo” or “whitewashed.” This is a girl who’s grandfather went to his grave without ever meeting his granddaugter, angry that his daughter married a black man.
Can’t imagine the confusion and hurt you’d feel growing up that way? Let Melanie tell you what it was like and why, after all that, she’s glad to be who she is in every way.
Melanie is part of my extended family and I found her essay an inspiration.
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Please excuse the mess
Sorry about the untidiness of this blog today and yesterday. Apparently, the tech side of our blogging apparatus is having a template problem. Not to worry. I’ve been told they “know about the problem and are working on it.”
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