http://20somethingmom.com/2009/07/discovering-my-race-a-stark-contrast/ chronicles of a young mom Wed, 07 Jul 2010 06:35:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://20somethingmom.com/2009/07/discovering-my-race-a-stark-contrast/comment-page-1/#comment-49 Henry Mon, 24 Aug 2009 15:22:44 +0000 http://20somethingmom.com/?p=69#comment-49 Great story. I grew up in a family that was considered hispanic Mom from Mexico, Dad from Nigaragua, though we were white looking. When our friends would find out through conversation what our backgrounds were, they were surprised. I was exposed to racial profiling in the Military when our sergeant would address me as "beaner". Though growing up I don't ever recall being slighted for who I was. Great story. I grew up in a family that was considered hispanic Mom from Mexico, Dad from Nigaragua, though we were white looking. When our friends would find out through conversation what our backgrounds were, they were surprised. I was exposed to racial profiling in the Military when our sergeant would address me as “beaner”. Though growing up I don’t ever recall being slighted for who I was.

]]> http://20somethingmom.com/2009/07/discovering-my-race-a-stark-contrast/comment-page-1/#comment-15 Rima Tue, 07 Jul 2009 16:39:45 +0000 http://20somethingmom.com/?p=69#comment-15 Chelsea - what a great post. Being an Arab-American, I can say that "race" is still so significant in this world - in a way it just shouldn't be. Chelsea – what a great post. Being an Arab-American, I can say that “race” is still so significant in this world – in a way it just shouldn’t be.

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