how it feels to be colored me (jen)

I am half Mexican and half Salvadorian. I was born and raised in East Los Angeles. I now live in Monterey Park where majority of the poeple in the neighbor hood are asian. When i was in grade school alot of my classmates were black and asian. Being oblivious to racism and stereotypes and discrimination i never notcied that they were so different then i was they were fun they were my friends. As i matured i learned that there was so much negativity towards each race and cultures . i realized that no matter what race you were there would be some sort of negativity towads you . Being a Mexican or in my case a latina in a latino community wasn't so bad because i was among pople of the same race and culture. Living in Monterey Park i would sometimes feel left out being dark skinned and hispanic. but i never let it really get to me. I am a human being just like everyone else.. why should i let something like the color of my skin or ethnicity stop me from doing what i want and being myself. I sometimes think and wonder how boring it would be if all of us were one race. Then i also wondr how life would be not having to deal with all the chaos that goes on because of race.