I found this week’s readings to be incredibly insightful and resourceful. As this class goes on, I continue to get fascinated by the amazing groups of female writers, and activists, who have dedicated their lives and time to helping women from different backgrounds and races. I found the reading, “Too Latina To Be Black, Too Black To Be Latina, to be very relatable to what I have personally gone through throughout my life. There were many instances during my upbringing where people would say things such as “you sound super white for someone who’s Latina”, or constantly being mistaken for “Puerto Rican or Dominican”, or being told I look like I’m from every other Spanish speaking country under the sun beside the one I’m actually from, which is Mexico. When I was younger, statements or questions like the ones I used to get never bothered me, I even found some funny, but as I get older, I have begun to get very annoyed and bothered by them. To be clear, I am never offended at being called Puerto Rican or Dominican, but am offended when I’m told “Wait, you’re Mexican?… You don’t look Mexican…” from people who have never taken a second to take in the diversity of Mexican people. My native Mexican mother and my siblings, for instance, are fair-skinned with blue and hazel eyes, and I would constantly get told that I was adopted. Although I’m sure people don’t often realize that they’re being offensive, I think people need to do a better job at thinking twice about their statements and questions before asking/saying them. It’s okay to be inquisitive or be shocked by someone’s response, but you should always be respectful.