Looking back now I think he was Hawaiian. Dark hair, skin tone was darker than mine but I am fair skinned. Had a "native" sounding name too. I liked him, but not his indecisiveness.
My roommate was a jew. Last name Cohen. Denied being a jew - my mom mentioned to me Cohen was a jewish last name and I asked him about it. His father was a doctor. I wish my parents would have educated me more on different races and their characteristics. He was definitely jewish, I remember his kinky jew hair. Probably would have said he was an atheist, as most jews are. But he was ethnically jewish, and we had some clashes too.
Same. My parents raised me to "treat everyone the same". Which is sound advice...in a homogenous setting.
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