Race and ethnicity can be a touchy topic for me. My boyfriend is Latino and I am white. There are people out there who will give you their opinion whether you like it or not. I also have a hard time with race and ethnicity because sometimes different people prefer specific titles. For instance, earlier I mentioned my boyfriend was Latino, he prefers Latino over Hispanic, and certainly over Mexican which several people group him in. Sometimes I am afraid I will offend people when I certainly had no intention.
Also, I feel left out when people talk about their ethnicity. Being white I feel I don't really have a heritage or that there is anything special about me. I would love to have a past and a history to learn about and to be proud of, or to be able to group myself as more than just white.
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