I used to convince date prospects that I was half Black, half Hispanic.

This was all in my mid-teen years when I worked at a Dairy Queen and then at the mall (Cloverleaf). I would holla at girls and tell them that I was mixed with Black and Dominican. I'd show them my ID... because my middle name is "Sanchez". Plus, I was fluent enough in Spanish to have full conversations with native speakers. So I would say somethin cheesy in Spanish and then translate it for them. Then I would smile and wink at them. And oh boy they ate it up! They thought it was sooo cute! Lol. I told them my hair came from my Black side. But my long eye lashes and medium brown eye color (as opposed to dark brown) came from my Dominican side. Hahaha. It worked erry time!

**Sidebar: Both my parents are Black, and I dont even have Hispanic lineage on either parent's side (to our knowledge). Also, Idk where "SANCHEZ" (my middle name) originally came from. I do know that my Mom's Brother, Gregory, died when they were teenagers and his middle name was "Sanchez". And I just so happened to be born on the same day that my (deceased) Uncle Gregory was born. So, in honor of him, Mom gave me his middle name. However, my Grandparents passed away before I could ask them why they gave Uncle that middle name. (Out of the other 3 boys and 1 girl that my Grandparents had, no one else has Hispanic middle names.)