YUP; MY SKIN HAS MORE MELANIN THAN "OTHER WHITES," AND I HAVE BEEN RIDICULED FOR MY "NON-WHITE" TRAITS BY WASPS SINCE CHILDHOOD; MY MOTHER WAS TOLD HER MARRIAGE WAS INTERRACIAL AND MY FATHER HAS BEEN REPEATEDLY RACIALLY PROFILED, ESPECIALLY SINCE 9/11; CORRECT; MY ETHNIC LANGUAGE, CULTURE, AND COMMUNITY REFLECT NEAR EAST TRADITIONS MORE CLOSELY THAN "WESTERN" CULTURE AFTER BALKAN/SOUTH SLAVS BEING CAPTURED, COLONIZED, AND TARGETED FOR ERADICATION AT LEAST AS RECENTLY AS THE HOLOCAUST, AND THE ROOT OF MY VERY ETHNIC GROUP MEANS "SLAVE"; YUP, THAT'S ALL CORRECT; NO, YOU CAN'T CALL YOURSELF THAT, YOU'RE WHITE; SO I'M A LIGHT-SKINNED, MIXED-RACE, SERBIAN-AMERICAN PERSON