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How shall I describe my color?

by HISfavoriteWRITER in Six-Word Memoirs on Jul 02, 2012 | add favorite | T-shirt

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TheAngstyPoet says,

The color of beauty.

Dhani says,

I'm an olive-skinned Italian, but my government classifies me as 'white' -so, so much for color in the U. S. of A....(Did you know in the 1920s-30s in my hometown of Rochester, New York my Italian ancestors from the 'ol' country' often encountered rent signs that read: 'NO NEGROES or ITALIANS!'?)

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