Great piece, well written.

I’m Black and Puerto Rican too, and grew up in the Bay Area. Everywhere I grew up though, I was always the only visually black person around. So my blackness was like a novelty, sometimes I feel like people only hung out with me because I was Black. Blackness was like “cool”. But, I wasn’t cool I was just a black nerd, never really fit that mold.

Being Puerto Rican was something that I never really expressed much. I went to American schools, and I knew spanish but really only spoke it in Spanish class.

Yea, I always felt confused about my identity, I was always the “other”, and I can relate to that feeling of not really blending in with the people around me. Even with my family, they love and accept me for who I am on both sides. But, there is still something in me that feels confused about my identity, it’s something I struggle with everyday.

Thanks for posting this, it’s really relieving to know I’m not the only person having went through similar issues in the world.

P.S. Weeppaaa! lol.