{"id":3658,"date":"2024-04-25T22:51:58","date_gmt":"2024-04-26T02:51:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/editorsvision.com\/collage\/?p=3658"},"modified":"2024-05-02T16:16:04","modified_gmt":"2024-05-02T20:16:04","slug":"lets-play-true-or-false-have-i-been-labeled-as-every-ethnicity-but-my-own","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/editorsvision.com\/collage\/2024\/04\/25\/lets-play-true-or-false-have-i-been-labeled-as-every-ethnicity-but-my-own\/","title":{"rendered":"Let\u2019s Play True or False. 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Floor 1.\u00a0<\/b><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I lay my body on the side of the elevator walls. My bookbag slides further and further down my small arms.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><b>Ding. Floor 2<\/b><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My brother and his girlfriend (whose name I can\u2019t remember) hold hands behind me. They haven\u2019t let go since picking me up from school and somewhere along the way I had tuned them out.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cKatelyn, you looked Indian when I first met you,\u201d she said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Suddenly I\u2019m pulled out of my thoughts at the sound of my name. I turn to look at her for the first time today, bewilderment in my eyes. She senses the confusion and continues to try to get me to understand.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cYou don\u2019t look Dominican like the rest of your family, like your brother.\u201d<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She points at him and my eyes follow.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now I won\u2019t pretend to have never noticed that I\u2019m brown and my brother is not. I was 8, not ignorant. But before this moment I didn\u2019t spend much time thinking about what I looked like let alone what I didn\u2019t look like to others.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><b>Ding Floor 3.\u00a0<\/b><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Both of my parents settled in Washington Heights when they left their home country. It\u2019s not surprising that although they came at separate times in their lives for different reasons, they still ended up in the same place. Most of the people who live in the Heights manage to retain their same voice, language, and appearance as if they were still on the island. That\u2019s why it\u2019s called little Dominican Republic.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And my parents are as Dominican as it gets. It doesn\u2019t just run through their blood, but their lungs wouldn\u2019t function properly without their culture. Their loud voices that were heard before they entered a room, commanding the space. They\u2019d tell everyone they encountered about their slice of the island, describing it like a dream space that will never be forgotten. Even as the years go by and they become accustomed to life in America. Reborn New Yorkers, with their hearts left behind in the caribbean.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But unfortunately for them, it seems like they were given the wrong baby at the hospital.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I was shy, soft-spoken, and never wanted to take up too much space. I didn\u2019t dance <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bachataclass.com\/bachatablog\/what-is-bachata\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">bachata<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at the family parties. I didn\u2019t eat the enormous bowl of<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/cooking.nytimes.com\/recipes\/1021999-sancocho\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">sancocho<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> served for dinner. I didn\u2019t speak Spanish most of the time despite it being my first language . I wanted nothing to do with any of it. I was an imposter living around people who weren\u2019t afraid to be loud and boisterous. They all knew exactly who they were their entire lives and I didn\u2019t just envy them for it\u2014\u00a0 I hated them for being a representation of all the ways I wasn\u2019t working properly. And to add to that chemical imbalance, I didn\u2019t even look the part.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">_ _ _ \u201cDiaz!\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cHere.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cDiaz?\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cHere!\u201d I raise my hand higher.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cOh, you don\u2019t look \u2014 where\u2019d you get that last name from?\u201d<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cUh \u2026\u201d<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a92bcc e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7a92bcc\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bbf89ec elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"bbf89ec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 15-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"724\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/editorsvision.com\/collage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/katelyn-baby-photo-2-724x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3912\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/editorsvision.com\/collage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/katelyn-baby-photo-2-724x1024.jpg 724w, https:\/\/editorsvision.com\/collage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/katelyn-baby-photo-2-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/editorsvision.com\/collage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/katelyn-baby-photo-2-768x1086.jpg 768w, https:\/\/editorsvision.com\/collage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/katelyn-baby-photo-2-1087x1536.jpg 1087w, https:\/\/editorsvision.com\/collage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/katelyn-baby-photo-2-1449x2048.jpg 1449w, https:\/\/editorsvision.com\/collage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/katelyn-baby-photo-2-scaled.jpg 1811w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Courtesy of Katelyn Diaz<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab7e9d0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ab7e9d0\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-067ecdc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"067ecdc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>My hands started fidgeting, my body was getting concerningly hot. All the eyes in the classroom were on me. I must have done something terrible in a past life to be living this nightmare. This wasn\u2019t how I had planned it in my head; she was supposed to stick to the script. I looked down and then up, stuttering my words as I tried to answer. The simple, obvious answer was my dad.&nbsp;<\/p><p>Most people in this room, including my Spanish teacher, Miss Rosario, were given their father\u2019s last name. I knew that\u2019s not what she was looking for. She was hoping I\u2019d say something that miraculously explained how someone who looked like me could get a Spanish last name like Diaz.&nbsp;<\/p><p>This was the first day of high school and she continued to ask that question a handful more times throughout the school year. I told her on that same first day that I was Dominican as I nodded at the large Dominican flag she had displayed in her classroom, in hopes of solidarity. But every time she asked, every time she questioned, I felt further and further away from her and myself.<\/p><p>Closer to the end of the school year, Miss Rosario asked everyone to bring in food so we could have a party in the classroom. I brought in what I thought would prove who I was and where I was from.&nbsp;<\/p><p>Pastelitos.&nbsp;<\/p><p>A savory pastry with a warm filling with endless possibilities. It was the hit of the party with only flakes from the crust left in the tin trays. Miss Rosario raved about them, telling me she was so glad I knew the right place to get them from.\u201cNot everyone makes them correctly,\u201d she kept repeating. We were finally bonding but whatever I was chasing \u2014 whether that was approval or tolerance \u2014 it wasn\u2019t relieving. I couldn\u2019t just wrap my identity in a bow and make it pretty.<\/p><p>My mother spent $40 on those pastelitos for my class that day and suddenly my identity had a price tag.&nbsp;<\/p><p>Now as I look back to those moments, I realize the hate I was carrying.&nbsp;<\/p><p>Hate for the color of my skin.&nbsp;<\/p><p>Hate for the shape of my body.&nbsp;<\/p><p>Hate for my quiet nature.&nbsp;<\/p><p>I hated that all those innate, intrinsic qualities of mine were considered \u201cnot Dominican.\u201d My brother\u2019s middle school girlfriend was the first person to ever point out the difference in me and she wasn\u2019t the last. After that moment everywhere I went with my light-skinned, sociable, fitted Yankee cap-wearing father, people would place bets that I wasn\u2019t his. Some would even bless him for adopting a little Indian girl. He\u2019d then tell me I had to spend less time in the sun.&nbsp;<\/p><p>And I did.&nbsp;<\/p><p>I still cringe every time someone asks the dreaded question, \u2018Where are you from?\u2019 I watch them analyze my face trying to make sense of it and I watch the skepticism in their gaze when I answer. I\u2019ve stumped them. It doesn\u2019t upset me anymore. The displacement is unexpectedly comforting. 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