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“Do I have to admit that I'm half Cuban and half American,or should I go even further, and explainthat Dad's parents were born in the Ukraine,part of Soviet Russia?Or am I just entirely American,all...”
“When there is a gapbetween your face and your race, between the baby and the mother, between your body and yourselfyou are expected, everywhere you go, to explain the gap.”
“I saw her note the way I hovered over the various ethnicities on the form. First the 'white' box, then to the airspace over the 'black' box, a kind of momentary hesitation, a protest of stillness, ...”
“Okay. Im not a white male. At least, not predominantly so. And as I mentioned before, Im in an environment right now where race is really important. See, Chinese men are not that physically intimid...”
“Is Obama Anything but Black?So lots of folkmostly non-blacksay Obamas not black, hes biracial, multiracial, black-and-white, anything but just black. Because his mother was white. But race is not b...”
“When there is a gap—between your face and your race, between the baby and the mother, between your body and yourself—you are expected, everywhere you go, to explain the gap.”
“Okay. I’m not a white male. At least, not predominantly so. And as I mentioned before, I’m in an environment right now where race is really important. See, Chinese men are not that physically intim...”
“Is Obama Anything but Black?So lots of folk—mostly non-black—say Obama’s not black, he’s biracial, multiracial, black-and-white, anything but just black. Because his mother was white. But race is n...”
