What Kind of Person Are You?

A) Housewife-and-I-want-for-nothing-but-still-want-more white B) Yeehaw-I’m-never-leaving-my-hometown-let’s-BBQ white C) Alpha-male-I-never-ask-for-directions-so-now-I’m-lost white D) Soldier-of-the-US-Army-and-don’t-have-any-other-options white E) Living-paycheck-to-paycheck-things-will-be-better-next-year white F) Trapped-in-the-grid-but-at-least-I-have-a-big-TV white G) Born-of-immigrants-who-miss-their-homeland-every-day white H) Mediterranean-and-I’m-moving-to-Europe-to-have-more-vacation-days white I) People-mistake-me-for-a-skinhead-but-my-great-great-grandmother-was-a-Cherokee-princess white J) Suburbanite-who-acts-gangsta-but-still-lives-with-parents white K) Not-white-but-considered-white-by-strangers white L) I-don’t-have-another-choice-except-to-fill-in-the-other-box white M) No-one-can-understand-me-but-my-neighbors white N) Fast-food-eater-’cause-I’m-poor-and-now-I’m-also-fat white O) Richer-than-you’re-worth white P) Black-but-I-have-money-and-all-my-neighbors-are-Caucasian white Q) Save-me-lord-Jesus-in-heaven-I-need-to-marry-within-my-religion white R) Dark-skinned-nobody-knows-what-I-am-I’m-so-lonely white S) I-live-in-a-city-and-went-to-college-legalize-pot-please white T) Will-vote-Republican-because-I-like-the-way-the-candidate-looks white U) Gay-but-what-does-that-have-to-do-with-anything white V) Police-profile-against-me-and-I-dream-about-having-a-nice-white-picket-fence white W) Brown-but-I-dance-like-a-white-person white X) When-I-go-to-the-supermarket-everyone-speaks-Spanish-to-me white Y) Bench-sleeping-river-people-I-used-to-have-a-job white Z) Other AKA Canadians, transsexuals, and everyone else, including dolphins

 
Eva Konstantopoulos

Eva Konstantopoulos is originally from New York. Her work has previously appeared in Copper Nickel, The Salt River Review, and SLAB, among other literary journals. She was the first-place winner of a writer’s travel scholarship to Argentina. Currently, she’s working on a collection of short stories and a novel about sisters. To find out more, go to www.evakonstantopoulos.com.

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