I am trying to understand my "white supremacy"

[cherokeeprogressive]

42. My guess is we're all "mixed race". I self-identify as Cherokee even though I'm only 15/64.

My Mom's Parents were a mixed marriage. My Grandfather was 7/8 Cherokee, born on the reservation, and my Grandma is (was, RIP) white as the driven snow. They married in Oklahoma after WWII. Had to go to California to get away from the stigma and my Grandma picked tomatoes in Hanford while carrying my Mom in a basket from plant to plant.

My white as snow Grandma from Ok learned to speak Spanish in those fields. But she never spoke it after they left for So. Cal. Weird. I remember once being in the grocery store with her and when we got out to the car she was hopping mad. There were two women in front of us speaking Spanish. I don't know what they were talking about but they were talking about her because they never would have dreamed she habla. She never said a word to them but boy did she cut loose in the car LOL. That was how I found out she spoke (or at least understood since she hadn't spoken it in so long) Spanish in the first place.