10 Things Every Mixed-Race Person Is Tired Of Hearing.

Because I AM aware that my skin is the color of coffee/your dog/carmel, thank you very much ...

1. OMG! You look so EXOTIC!

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I'm not a tropical fruit. But thanks for trying.

2. What Exactly Are You Again?

A human being. A primate. Tall and beautiful. Anything else? #kthxbye

3. Can I Touch Your Hair?

No. But ESPECIALLY no, because 99% of the time that this question is asked, a hand is already being reached scalp-ward.

4. You Must Always Feel Like You Don't Fit In, Right?

Yep. I literally spent an hour this morning crying over the Tragic Mulatto-ness of it all.

5. That Must Give You A Really Good Perspective. You Can See Both Sides of the Story.

Because if two people of different races have sex and make a child, that child automatically has a sociology degree.

6. Any Comparisons to Food.

Coffee, caramel, butterscotch, café au lait, cookies and cream, peanut butter, etc. Please. Stop. Examine your life.

7. People Telling Us That We Look Like Literally EVERY Other Light Brown Person, EVER.

It's funny: you would never say that Drake, Barack, Michael Ealy, Corbin Bleu and Jesse Williams look like each other, yet I look like all of them ... I see.

8. You're Black, But You're Not BLACK-Black.

I shouldn't even have to explain this.

9. You Have That Good, Mixed Hair (Skin, Ass, etc).

Because assigning people good traits based on their race makes you a sucky McButt Face.

10. Any Comparisons to Animals. EVER.

Really? I have hair like a poodle? Well, what a coincidence. You have the social skills of a goldfish.