Hey! Would love to talk more if you’re comfortable. Kara.Brown@jezebel.com

My husband is black. He also has light brown skin and blue eyes. His parents are black. His grandparents are black. His great grandparents are black and his great-grandparents are black (he can trace his lineage back pretty far on both sides, even beyond his great-grandparents). People will say, “what are you?” He’ll…

Are you also a Ball and Gala Girl? Is that your legacy?

I’m a Biracial Black woman. Who has effectively traced her ancestry to discover several hundred additional white folks in the part of my tree that was supposed to be non white. Got a DNA test done... I’m related to far more American white colonists than I should be since my other side was early 20th century immigrants…

I imagine, (though I may be wrong), that it was exhausting to write this piece. I hope that someday it is considered as impolite as asking someones’ age or income, to presume you know, and further, can *tell* them what their racial identity is.

As Katie’s first cousin, I’m just gonna say that I know why she’s very insistent on her white identity (at least I think I do), and I hope someday she gets to tell that story.