Writing POC 101

Biracial Black and White Characters - @urnotcalumtf

1) Mixed people are rude and have bad attitudes.

I won't say this is entirely wrong but I won't say it's entirely right either. If we were talking about myself I do tend to get "snippy" you could say but that's me. I have met mixed people with a sassy side but I am friends with a mixed girl that is very very polite.

2) You're either super 'black' or super 'white'

First I would like to say that this is like 372829 stereotypes in one. Being myself I do tend to get loud at one time and quiet the next. I can be really energetic at one time and calm the next. But those have nothing to do with acting super white or super black. I listen to music some people would consider 'white' music (pop/punk/rock etc.) and music that people would consider 'black' (rap/hip-hop). Yeah I like Starbucks but I like Kool-Aid too. (I hope you guys see how racist this is. It's forcing someone to fit into a stereotype.) None of those things have to do with race, it's just me.

3) We think we're 'all that'

Just because people believe we have good hair does not mean we believe it too. Just because people think we have the best of both worlds does not mean we do too. It's called CONFIDENCE. Yes I am confident. Yes I like my hair. Yes I love my mix but I do not walk around like I'm all that and a bag of chips.

4) We all look the same.

No tf we don't. I have hazel eyes, thick, shoulder length curly brown hair, small round nose, thick (kind of) lips, and sort of chubby cheeks. My mixed friend has brown eyes, thin, long, kinda wavy kinda curly hair, wide, flat nose, thin lips, and not-as-chubby cheeks. We are almost polar opposites. I know mixed people with mixed siblings and they look NOTHING ALIKE. IT'S CALLED GENETICS BOO-BOO

Okay I think I'm done now. Feel free to comment if I missed anything or said anything inaccurate. Ilya <3