Multi-racial by Merlyn

Some of the most attractive people I have known are Multi-racial, but that doesn’t guarantee they will have good looking kids. 

I used to know a white girl that married a guy from somewhere in Asia. They had two girls. Even though they both looked like their parents, one of them was gorgeous and the other one was very unattractive.

One of the kids I went to school with had an Indian father who was always drunk and a white mother and a bunch of brothers and sisters.

I used to deliver the Detroit Times newspaper to his house in the afternoon when I was a kid and we were in the same grade.

The thing I remember the most about him was that his father raised guinea pigs in a spotless new white garage at the end their driveway. The walls were lined with shiny cages full of guinea pigs; it was always spotless. I never noticed any odor when I was around the garage. His father would be sitting in a chair drinking beer bossing his kids around as they keep everything clean waiting for when I got there with the paper.

On Saturday I would have to go to the front door to collect the money for the paper. They lived in a dirty little house that was falling apart. I would have to breathe though my month the stench was so bad while waiting for her to count out the sixty cents in change for the week’s paper. 

He grew up in one of the worst home environments I can imagine, but he just seemed to have something inside of him that helped him turn into one of the most popular kids in school. The last time I saw him he was married had kids and lived in a nice new house. He still had that sparkle in his eyes.

I don’t think it matters that much what race or races a person is. Some people will rise above any obstacle and other people will have every break handed to them and will blow every opportunity and be miserable all of their lives.

I try not pay attention to what race people are, if I like them I tend to just see them as someone I like and forget their race or multiracial background. 

© 14 April 2013 

About the Author

I'm a retired gay man now living in Denver Colorado with my partner Michael. I grew up in the Detroit area. Through the various kinds of work I have done I have seen most of the United States. I have been involved in technical and mechanical areas my whole life, all kinds of motors and computer systems. I like travel, searching for the unusual and enjoying life each day.