Race Is Never A Simple Black-And-White Issue

I am picking up my friend to take her to my house for dinner. I am cooking for several of my friends. The friend in my car has a black mother and a white father.

Friend: “Who else is going to be there?”

Me: “[Vietnamese Friend] and her friend and [Chinese Friend] and her boyfriend.”

Friend: *Laughs* “Oh, wow, so you’re going to be the only white person there?”

Me: “No.”

Friend: “Who else?”

Me: “You.”

Friend: “What? I’m not white.”

Me: “Yes, you are. You are half-white. You are just as much white as you are black.”

My friend speaks as if she is just having an epiphany.

Friend: “Oh, wow, I never thought of that.”