![]() Passing means being assumed to be something that you are not.Īnd it can be a privilege. Piya Chattopadhyay, her husband Peter Armstrong, and their twin sons (Submitted by Piya Chattopadhyay) and what it will mean in years to come, as they grow into adults.Įach of them has the ability to "pass" as a white person. ![]() ![]() I tell you this because I spend a lot of time looking at my children and wondering to myself what their skin tone means in 2019. On their dad's side, it's a mix of Scottish, Irish and English. By heritage on my side, they're Indian (my Bengali parents immigrated to Canada in 1967). Listen to Out in the Open's episode on the good, the bad and the cost of passing.So I'm forgiving when people say, "They don't look like you at all," but a little less forgiving when people confuse me for their nanny. And they're all fair-skinned, the kind that no amount of sunscreen seems to stave off a sunburn.īy appearance, they take after their father and his lineage. Same goes for my other son Julian (which makes sense, since they're identical twins). My son Niko's hair is even lighter, but his eyes are dark brown. My daughter Jasmine has light brown hair and hazel eyes. This essay was originally published on September 20, 2019.
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