I always knew that I was black; the problem in my case was how black I seemed. I never considered myself to be light skinned, but to my peers they considered otherwise. In middle school whenever the topic of slavery was brought up, I would become a part of the conversation prompted or unprompted. “She would be working in the house” would be followed by laughter and points in my direction. Feeling uncomfortable I would try to approach this as the best way I knew as a middle sc
