As a mixed person, I'm often asked a lot of questions by my friends, family, and even strangers. I want to point out that none of these questions offend me personally. I just love the idea on giving you the insight to what people want to know about mixed people.

1. "What race are you?"

I get this one all of the time. I've had people ask if I'm Samoan, Hawaiian, Asian... part of the beauty of being mixed is a lot of us don't look like we fit into any particular race. Sometimes, people will word this like, "What all do you have mixed in you?" Honestly, we all have so many different races mixed together at this point. It's only if your parents have different skin colors that people acknowledge that you're mixed.

2. "Can I touch your hair?"

Unless you seem sketchy, the answer is always yes. We know it looks interesting because it usually looks so different and no two mixed people have the same kind of hair. I get distracted by my own hair all of the time.

3. "Do you prefer white guys or black guys?"

I don't know why so many people jump to this question, but I find it so funny. Personally, I don't prefer a specific race; I prefer certain people. I think many people assume that we are torn about our relationship preferences because more often than not, white prefer white people and black people prefer black people. We're not torn

4. "Are you adopted?"

This happens especially when we're out with only one of our parents because our looks differ from both parents individually so much. Even if we favor one of our parents, most people wouldn't guess that we're related if they didn't see us together.

5. "Can you get sunburned?"

I don't know if it's the same for everybody since mixed people's skin ranges so much, but yes. I have been sunburned before, so yes I will still put on sunscreen when I go out in the summer.

I want you to know that, although I can't speak for every mixed person, none of these questions are offensive to me. There's something so beautiful about being so prominently different than most of society. I am so proud to be what I am.