I'm white and it's a problem. How is being white a problem? I'm "not supposed to be white."
I come from a generally black country, most of my family is black (not all, my mom as an example) and I was born white.
School was basically a nightmare. I was given nicknames like "ghost" or "vampire" and when people ask where I'm from and I tell them where they say "really? I thought you were from *insert place* because you're so white." or "what? But your skin is so light!"
These comments hurt me, they made me feel like I was wrong for being born the way I was, they made me feel like I didn't belong.
And when it really went too far was when I was playing an online game. I had made my character after me, so I made her white but I did give her rasta hair because I had always wanted it, it just never matched me, and when I had entered a game, a black girl walked up to me and said I was being offensive for wearing my hair in the game like that. She said I was disrespectful and I didn't deserve to wear her culture because I was white. I was heartbroken. I didn't know what to do so I left the game and cried.
I can no longer participate in my own culture because of my skin tone. I've been excluded from my own community because I look different.
I don't know what I'm supposed to do anymore.