Being asked, "Where are you REALLY from?" It makes one feel OTHERED.

I think this is something that is naturally built in in people, a need for attention and a need to be special and we are always trying to find a balance.

I am in a mixed race marriage myself, and I have a mixed race son....The racial perception interest is probably always going to be there to some extent.

There is something about Midwest in general, that has kind of an underdog quality.

I'd like to think of my self as not melancholic at all, I think I'm a pretty cheerful person, really.

Being asked, "Where are you REALLY from?" It makes one feel OTHERED.

If a news camera shows up, people will line up, they want to be seen. But at the same time they want both to be chosen and not singled out. I think that is an endless struggle within most.