Jacob Stiles Mayes

How do others define your race?

Most people assume that I am Black because I have a southern tinge in the way that I speak. Some people think that I am more White than Black. It only bothers me when people say, “You don’t act Black,” or “You are way too White to be Black.” The people who say that never think that I am Black until it comes to relationships. And then, I am always “the Black guy dating so-and-so.”