Why can't you believe I am Irish?

Its weird, when I say I am half Irish people just laugh at me. For some the fact that I could have Irish blood in me strikes them as odd. They will never believe me until they see my grandfather or look at my family heritage.

I canâÂÂt believe that in this day of age where we have come so far and have made so many advancements in life, that we still see people in color. For example, once when I was in the first grade my teacher made us play this activity called Tell Us Something We DonâÂÂt Know About You. I was really excited to tell everyone that I was half Irish, so I jolted towards the front of the classroom so that I could be the first one to tell everyone something they did not know about me. When I was up in front of the class I immediately said that I was half Irish. Once I uttered those words out my month, my teacher said you must be mistaken you canâÂÂt be half Irish; your skin is dark not light.

After school that day I told my mom, and that teacher got fired later that day. For a teacher to say that to a child is just ridiculous. I donâÂÂt get how anyone could look like a certain race. To this day, it bothers that people donâÂÂt believe I have Irish blood in me just because I am not what they view as an Irish person. In this day and age, stereotypes like that should not be tolerated. I donâÂÂt know how as humans we have made so many changes, but still act so dumb and blindly towards race and color. I canâÂÂt change the world, but I can at least say this. I am an Afro-Euro-American male, and I am proud of it.