Gabriel Montes Period 8-9 Personal Statement “YOU’RE WRONG, HE’S BLACK!” “NO HE’S NOT, HE’S MEXICAN!” I was in fourth grade watching my classmates argue over my race. I never got mad or offended; it was a daily occurrence for me. This went on every year in school and sometimes even in my family. From a young age, I was always confused when it came to my ethnicity. My mother told me that I was half-black and...

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