Even though my skin is fair, not once have I considered what it would be like to somehow transform myself into “being white.” I wouldn’t even know where to begin. By the time I was in the seventh grade, I exclusively sat at the “black lunch table,” not as a guest, but as a resident. I’ve been sitting there ever since.
Shaun King, “Shaun King: I’ve been called the N-word since I was 14, but now those same people want me to be white,” The New York Daily News, November 3, 2015. http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/king-people-call-n-word-white-article-1.2421243.