Is it wrong to not acknowledge one side of my race?

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So I'm mixed race, half white half Bengali...

All my teenaged life people ask me what race I'm from and I say I'm mixed race, then I tell them my ethnicities and I get a lot of crap in return like 'No you're not' 'You're just white' or start something completely different like 'you're Arab aren't you' etc etc

It really gets on my nerves I hate it

People don't accept me for what I am. They just say 'no you're not' lol it's so arrogant of them to try to tell me what race I'm from.

Can I just view myself as 'white' from now on so people leave me the heck alone with their judgements or would it be wrong to deny being mixed race as Allah has made me?

(I'm just thinking maybe it will be cooler viewing myself as just white and then not being judged and staying away from non whites who are racist to white people...)

Thank you

Haafizah · Answer

Well I'm Indian mixed Turkish and I've done fine all my life. If they point anything out or ask you about your race, accuse them of racism they'll get the picture and leave you alone.

Anonymous · Answer

Just tell them you're half white/bengali

Anonymous · Answer

Do anything you want that makes you feel comfortable. People have some balls don't they?!

? · Answer

Does it really matter what others think? You are who you are, you are both whether you only acknowledge one side or not. Embrace who you are fully, being half Bengali is nothing to be ashamed of or ignored. 
There is the other end also claiming you are white others will say you are not, you cannot win, you cannot please everyone. True freedom comes from accepting, loving and being exactly who you are. Others ignorance should not determine view of who you are.

Guitarvirgin · Answer

Just inform them that from a biological perspective there is only one race, the human race.

? · Answer

hello little lion 
be strong and be honest about yourself.. tell em that you are half bengali.. and if they say 'noooooo' 
you say yeeeeeeesssss i am!! lol 
just be straight.. if they dispute it.. let em.. be who you are.. dont hide it

? · Answer

Why would people ask you and then say "no you are not". They must ask you because you look half something. I think you are missing something.

Anonymous · Answer

Just tell everyone your half white and half Bengali.

Knightess in Service to Queen Elsa · Answer

I'm half jew half assyrian.

Larry-3 · Answer

Tell them you are human.

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Is it wrong to not acknowledge one side of my race?

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