White Girl
... We make stereotypes like Asian people having slanted eyes, African Americans having dark skin, and that most white people have blonde hair and blue eyes. ... I never forgot my language and always had Uruguay in my heart, only that I was always mistaken for a white girl. ... Every person I have ever met and every friend I have made, since I have been in America, has thought that I was white when they first saw me. I use to get disturbed and mad because I wanted everyone to know that I was Uruguayan and not white. People would get so shocked, and still do, when they find out that I am not white and I use to not understand how someone could confuse me with a white person. ... I always get “Man, I thought you were white!” I never thought I looked white, I always thought, and still do, think I look Uruguayan. I am not insulted anymore when someone mistakes me for a white person, it actually makes me laugh because they get so surprised.