My Liminal Space Anthropology

My liminal space is being categorized by my race even though I am biracial. Growing up in a border town, Laredo, Texas, as half black and half Mexican was difficult because people would say offensive comments without realizing it. Such as " Wow! You don't look black!" , "You look nothing like your mother!" , or "Your hair is nice considering the mix. School is not difficult, but it was not easy for me because many ignorant people but as "How come you don't act or talk black?", knowing that I grew up in the same culture and city as they did. Trying to be put into a black spectrum or the Mexican spectrum well growing up even now is my liminal space.
Being Mexican was never an issue growing up because the majority of the population of Laredo is Mexican. Coming into college gave me a culture shock when I saw all these different faces north niceties. Seeing them interact or something completely new to me. However, I still felt like I …show more content…
Since I it was a known fact that I was half black and half Mexican all the extracurricular groups that I was in whenever having to performance get in front of the school and they needed an ethnic or black character it was automatically assumed that I would be playing this role. This would upset me because I am Mexican as well and just because I am not a fully black person or it doesn't give anyone the right to categorize me as that. so another issue that came with being black as typical and ignorant as it seems many people would not assume that my intellect would be as high as it is. Even though I would still have Mexican those I was still seen as a lesser form and away so educationally a lot of people did not see me really going anywhere because I was half black not because of my intelligence. So it's made me strive to be the best I could be at my academics while back home. This has led me to where I am