If I had a dollar for every time a person asked me, "Oh, I thought you were black?," I would be super rich! Not just a little rich, but rich, rich! 

 So within my other business (recovery service here in Florida) I went to check in on a client. Her sister and I wer...

Tiara

Puerto Rican / African American 

I've always identified myself as a person of mixed race.

I never really felt more "Puerto Rican" or more "African American." I did however, as a child feel like OTHER people wanted me to choose a "side." I always got asked

"Well what...

I’m black and I’m proud!
At work, I’m Hispanic. So I am anything you want me to be!

As a child I knew my identification was different from a cultural perspective. I never got along with the African American girls so I never associated myself with being "black America...