How it feels to be colored...me

Im proud to say im Mexican. My whole family is Mexican. Being Mexican makes me feel proud. Us Mexicans are always together with all the family. You will always see the whole family in one house on weekends. I never let people's comments hurt me or make me feel sorry for who I am, from were i come from. I learned that people are always going to talk no matter what so i dont let that bother me. I am happy that my race is Mexican.

HOW IT TO BE COLORED ME

HOW IT TO BE COLORED ME

Well I am Mexican-American, but my mother also told me that i have a percentage of me that's Irish. I mean even though it may be a very little percentage, I still embrace it and try to find out about it. I'm more intreasted in that part of my heritage then my Mexican part. To me, it makes me more unique then anyone else and also adds the "color" to me.

I don't feel that I'm differnt that anyone else around me when it comes to the aspect of the color of our skin. I live in East La, where the general population is Mexican-American, and their skin color just so happens to be brown, like everyone else around them. So even though we all might look alike physically, everyone has their own version of what it is to be colored.