2. I know because based on my appearance, I look white

3.  I learned what race I am based on the forms you fill out when they ask you what race you are in things like questionnaires. Since latinx is not considered a race, and I can pass as white,

It made most sense to put white. 

4. I decide what race other people

Are based off their appearance

5. People also decide my Race based on appearance because I have had people think I am only white . 

1. White 2. I know bc my biological family members/ancestors are also that race and my appearance matches it- I did not make a decision bc I match my race. 3. I learned what race I am from my family members- parents and grandparents. One of my early memories involving race was growing up. My neighbors were afghani and I grew up thinking (and telling people) I was afghani bc I looked like them and called their grandma my grandma (I’m not afghani). After 9/11 my parents had to explain to me that it was dangerous to tell people me/my “grandma” and other neighbors were from Afghanistan because other people may try to hurt them because of that. 4. I usually decide other peoples race by the way they look or ask them what race they are if it comes up. 5. In my experience most people tend to think I am middle eastern or Mexican. It changes with the group I am with- if I am with Latinx looking people it’s assumed I’m also Latinx. If I’m with my hijabi friends most people assume I am middle eastern bc they tie Islam to the Middle East. 

1 I am Latino 

2When I hear Latino I think of someone that is from a country in Latin America. I was born in Mexico and lived there until I was 4 years old. 

3 I think the way that I learned what race I was was when my parents would fill out paperwork for school or if I needed to go to the doctors. I remember them checking Hispanic/ Latino. One of the first messages I received about race was when I was in first grade. Up to that point the preschool I had attended and in kindergarten it was majority Latinos. The town where I grew up is majority white and Latino. In my first grade class there was a student that was African American and also an Asian student. Up to that point all I had seen was white or Latino people. 

4 The way that I decide what race other people are is by the way they look. That can be the color of their skin or any other trait that I can pick up on. 

5 From the experiences that I have had I think it is difficult for people to decide what race I am when they first meet me. A lot of people think that I am Asian, maybe because of the shape of my eyes. When I talk in Spanish or I tell them I am not Asian they are surprised. 

1. Hispanic 2. My parents told me 3. My parents and when someone spoke spanish 4. what they tell me they are. 5. Me telling them what race I am 

1. White 2. My skin tone and society telling me what I am 3. my family told me I saw other kids who looked different 4. I ask them if they speak another language 5. They ask me when they hear me speak another language. 

1. Hispanic 2. My mom said I was since she and my dad are
3. I asked my parents when I heard my grandma speak spanish and I didn't understand 
4. I ask then, they look different or eat different things
5. They assume what I am by my skin tone