mom is a second gen mexican immigrant but keeps telling me that she’s white so i’m white and can’t be proud of my non-caucasian heritage outside of food.(i’m sorry but wtf???) my dad is 1/4 native american too and says he’s not white, mixed, or ipoc. he doesn’t identify his race at all. i’m scared to say i’m anything but caucasian because i’m “not dark enough” to be anything else and every time i see one of those “what’s your racial background?” questions i have a mental breakdown because i don’t know! should i answer mixed? european? caucasian? or, god forbid, hispanic/indigenous?

i don’t know who i am and i can’t tell anyone about it because the only times i’ve tried i got compared to those “WeLl, i’M 7% irish, 34% german, 16% scottish, .92%-” kinda people.