[Denise-C]

My younger brother is having a problem with his race. Our mother is black and his father is Greek. My brother’s skin color is very light, and he has thin hair as if he were white. He is 13, lives in an African-American community and attends a public school that is majority black. The problem is he has been picked on because of the way he looks. He has been in fights and has been kicked out of school. Sometimes he feels the teachers pick him out from the rest of the class for no reason when they are having a problem controlling their class. He now wonders if all his problems are caused by the way he looks. My brother doesn’t know what he is anymore or where he fits in. He doesn’t know if he should be black or Greek. What should or could he do? (Director’s Note: A reply from someone with a background in mixed-heritage services or programs, potentially with knowledge of resources this person could access, would be preferred.)
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Name : Denise-C, Gender : F, Race : Black/African American, Age : 20, City : Detroit, State : MI, Country : United States, 

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