My personal racial heritage is Caucasian. I would identify myself as an Irish Catholic that loves sports and cooking. I first became aware of racial issues at a somewhat young age because growing up my best friend was African American, and it just became more clear overtime. I never had an event that promoted the issue just learned about the past through my schooling and parents. I was told to treat everybody with respect and equally, there has never been a color boundary in my family and I guess I am lucky that my parents are so supportive and non judge mental like many other Americans growing up in their time period. I totally agree with my parents I mean I have been with my girlfriend for a very long time now and she is half Iranian, her father was born in Iran and moved here when he was 18 but after 9-11 so many people are judge mental of that culture and I have come so close to that family and it has never once bothered me. I have never experienced any racial instances I have seen some things being said and I have always given my two cents but I'd rather not get into details.
Peter Ferguson
Thank you for your post, Peter.
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