I'm the only noticeable tan person on one side of my family besides one uncle that lives in Texas so hes not usually around. so when we have little family gatherings I'm the only tan person. If you think it wouldn't feel weird because there are your family your wrong.
When family is around that i haven't met they look at me real funny and I have herd some whisper to other people who is he and that doesn't help me feel any bedder. But that is why i usually only talk to certain people at them. But on my dads side mostly all of them are Indian but there are a couple that are white. Most of them live in Florida anyway so I don't see them that often. But when i am around them i get a better sense of belonging than with my moms side.
So I take it your mom's side of the family is all white? What do you think they think of you once they find out that you really are part of the family? Are they surprised? Disbelieving? Unhappy?
ReplyDeleteI wonder, too, do you have any siblings? If so, where do they fall in terms of skin color? And why does skin color matter? What do you think it represents if anything in your family--both the white side and the Indian side? What's the color range on your dad's side? Do you think you'd fit in better with him and that side of the family?
This question of color is definitely an interesting one, especially since we hear lots about color in the black/white sense, but much less about it in terms of Indians.
--Kristen
I'm sorry to hear about your own family questioning you. I'm sure it will get better though. Sometimes people want to stand out rather than fit in.
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