{"id":61837,"date":"2021-10-15T00:14:01","date_gmt":"2021-10-15T00:14:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/?p=61837"},"modified":"2021-10-15T01:33:02","modified_gmt":"2021-10-15T01:33:02","slug":"people-assume-im-white-this-is-the-racism-i-see","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=61837","title":{"rendered":"‘People Assume I’m White. This is The Racism I See’"},"content":{"rendered":"

‘People Assume I’m White. This is The Racism I See’<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Newsweek<\/a>
\n2021-10-14<\/p>\n

Nikki Barthelmess<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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Nikki Barthelmess’ parents were Mexican American and Jewish, but people often assume she is white, not Mexican American. Nikki Barthelmess<\/em><\/small><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A few months ago, I answered a knock at my door. My neighbor, James*<\/sup>, launched into a complaint. “That silver Honda is parked in front, and we have a friend coming over who wants to park there,” he said. He was referencing the car belonging to Ana*<\/sup>, a family friend who I hired days before to help with childcare for my toddler.<\/p>\n

Ana appeared behind me to see what was going on. James looked at Ana and then at me, and despite Ana being only a few feet away, he nodded at Ana and spoke as if she wasn’t there. “Cleaning crew?” he asked me. My head snapped back in shock.<\/p>\n

My eyes darted to Ana to see if she’d heard, and somehow it seemed she hadn’t. I stammered, unsure of what to say. She was wearing jeans and a T-shirt. She wasn’t holding a mop or dusting rag or anything that would indicate she was cleaning. After a moment of gaping, I closed the distance between Ana and me and put my arm around her. “James,” I said, looking at Ana, rather than at him, “this is Ana. She just started coming to the house to babysit Hadley while I write.” I squeezed Ana’s shoulder. “Ana is a long time family friend. She used to be my husband’s grandparents’ caregiver years ago before they died, and we’ve stayed in touch,” I said.<\/p>\n

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