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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. I’m in the suburb that inspired Mean Girls. Politically it’s not too different than my friends and collegues in DC, it’s just the lack of economic diversity and interest in much besides kids social life and their clothes and husbands bonus.

I’ve lived in NYC by plenty of hedge fund managers etc, upper east side types so get it, but so far the people just seems so one dimensional here.

[b]I am racially mixed (not black) but a whole bunch of stuff.[/b] Usually I feel like I can blend in anywhere, but here I feel like I stick out. Honestly, I’ve never felt this way. Not even in school. I feel like I’m going thru HS in my late 30s[/quote]

This is an interesting distinction. Why was it important to note that you're mixed but not black? [/quote]

From experience if you say you are racially mixed, [b]most people just assume you mean part black.[/b] Happens to me all the time. Also being more racially ambiguous can add a different dynamic when you are in a very racially and ethnically segregated environment [/quote]

Interesting! I am also mixed but a double person of color (so not part white). In my experience, when people say "mixed" they mean being white and something not white (whether black or otherwise). [/quote]

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