Likewise, I am from Jackson, MS and I attended predominantly black schools throughout my life. It was not until i was in middle school that I first met a biracial person. I always thought of him a black male since he had curly hair and thick lips. At the time, I didn't thoroughly understand what biracial adolescent went threw in forming their racial identity. As I continued my education at the same school as him, I learned about his racial identity struggles as a biracial adolescent. I learned that he frequently felt as if he was not “black enough” to be considered an African American. He did not conform to the stereotypical black boy norms and he had very bright skin, thus he was often considered white by many other students. Nonetheless,
