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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A few weeks back, I asked a guy who interacts with me at work but doesn't directly work with me if he had plans to attend an upcoming conference.

The conference was geared toward African American employees; I am AA, and I assumed he was too. He looked confused by my question and then said no. While he does have a very light complexion, I assumed he was Black. The confused look he gave answered my question.

I meant no harm and was just making light convo.[/quote]

There is a girl we know who I always thought was biracial. Her mom was blonde and I assumed that the dad would be black. I was really surprised that the dad was white. Then I assumed that she must have been adopted as both her siblings are also blonde but this child looks mixed.

I once commented about adoption and the mom looked at me strangely. I’m not trying to guess ethnicity. I just thought the child is a different race from the mother and father so she must be adopted. There is no way the dad could be the genetic dad.[/quote]
I might know the same family! I went through the same train of thought with them but never said anything and she's mentioned enough about inheriting certain traits that I know she isn't adopted (at least on mom's end)[/quote]

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