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If Your Cousins Are A Different Race These 12 Things Always Happen In Public

When my mom does something embarrassing, I have the capability to convince people that I have no idea who she is.

Kayla Brown

Dec 10, 2018

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If Your Cousins Are A Different Race These 12 Things Always Happen In Public

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As I've written before, my siblings and I are bi-racial with a white mom and a black dad. If it's not obvious, my mom's side the family is all white while my dad's side of the family is all black.

Basically, we're the glue that connects the two races in our family. As I've also mentioned before, I've grown up with my mom's side of the family.

All my cousins went to the same schools as me, well when I wasn't cyber schooled. We played on the same sports teams, rode the same bus and live six minutes away from each other. To us, we were all the same, some of us were just a little darker than others. It never really hit me that we were cousins until people tried to tell us we weren't and that was the first of many things that happen when you look nothing like your cousins:

1. You have a best friend.

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I mean, we're cousins, right? That's a built-in best friend.

2. People never believe you when you say you're cousins.

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Actually, we are. Our mom's are sisters.

3. When they realize you're not joking and they try to do the math.

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Don't strain yourself too much.

4. Sometimes your cousins look more like your mom's kids than you do.

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It doesn't bother me, I just find it amusing, especially when my mom does something embarrassing and I have the capability to convince people that I have no idea who she is.

5. Sharing clothing isn't always easy.

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Colors that look good on one of us, don't usually look great on the other.

6. No matching hairstyles

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We can try, but it's not going to work when we have completely opposite types of hair.

7. We always have colorful pictures.

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Be careful who you say that around, they might not like that.

8. Side dishes are quite different.

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On my dad's side, they're all about the greens and sweet potatoes, both of which, I want nothing to do with. On my mom's side, the only greens we have are cucumbers.

9. We look like a blended family.

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Add in my brother's (Asian) best friend and wait for all the stares of people trying to figure out how we all fit.

10. There's a whole other level of jokes we can make.

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I'll leave it at that.

11. You seem totally cool when both sides of the family show up for your game.

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Which side of the family did he get his dunking ability? In my family, that's an easy question, definitely not my mom.

12. In the words of Sister Sledge, "we are family."

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We may look nothing alike and draw stares, but who wants to be boring?

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If Your Cousins Are A Different Race These 12 Things Always Happen In Public

When my mom does something embarrassing, I have the capability to convince people that I have no idea who she is.

In This Article:

1. You have a best friend.

2. People never believe you when you say you're cousins.

3. When they realize you're not joking and they try to do the math.

4. Sometimes your cousins look more like your mom's kids than you do.

5. Sharing clothing isn't always easy.

6. No matching hairstyles

7. We always have colorful pictures.

8. Side dishes are quite different.

9. We look like a blended family.

10. There's a whole other level of jokes we can make.

11. You seem totally cool when both sides of the family show up for your game.

12. In the words of Sister Sledge, "we are family."

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Feeling Lost During Syllabus Week? You're Not Alone!

The professor starts to go over something more than the syllabus

You get homework assigned on the first day of class

There are multiple group projects on the syllabus

You learn attendance is mandatory and will be taken every class

Professor starts chatting about their personal life and what inspired them to teach this class

Participation is mandatory and you have to play "icebreaker games"

Everybody is going out because its 'syllabus week' but you're laying in bed watching Grey's Anatomy

Looking outside anytime past 8 PM every night of this week

Nobody actually has any idea what's happening this entire week

Syllabus week is over and you realize you actually have to try now...or not

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1. You own so many pairs of khaki pants you don’t even know what to do with them

2. Chips, apple or bread is probably your most repeated phrase

3. Taking bakery items with you out to parties was a must

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