I'm mixed (African American/European/Native American, both parents are mixed themselves) with light-caramel skin skin and wavy hair. One of my Mexican friends I just reconnected with informed me that she always thought that me and my family were so beautiful with our "light skin" and "nice hair", and how I don't look like normal black people.
I was like "Bitch, I'm black!"
I'm glad I'm not the only mixed-race person who gets this problem.
I get into so many awkward situations when I say I'm part black and people don't believe me. And then when people see me with my mum they think I'm adopted or something.
I'm not black, but the comments that I'm reading in here is so damn messy. There is nothing wrong with being dark skin and there is nothing wrong with be light skin. You can't help how you were born.