It is always interesting when the interviewee asks me questions during the interview. Most of them are personal, some innocuous like 'how old are you?' but they can take many turns.
Yesterday, my interviewee TOLD me that I must be about 25% white. I looked at him like ~~what are you talking about~~ but simply asked why he thought that.
"Well are you? Is one of your parents half White?"
"No."
"You are 50% then. One of your parents is White. your mother?"
"No. Both of my parents are Black."
"You don't know your history then. People with your complexion have a high percentage of white. That complexion does not come from Africa."
WOW. is all I can say about this right now. He looked like he wanted to say something about my hair but stopped himself. The accusations and statements about me by my interviewees are really the most interesting. With some men, because it is usually men, they do not ask me things about myself. They tell me. I am white. I do not know my history... because I disagree?
LOL..in Africa, people kept telling me I was a half-caste. I would correct them and tell them I was black and my parents are black....they would look at me and tell me again that I was a half cast.
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