Drunk . Friends house party . Fix car Saturday , get drunk saturday night , recover sunday . repeat . <| sep |> My parents don ' t believe in me and the only reason I can see for this is my race . How can I get them to acknowledge me ? You can ' t and that is wrong and it sucks . FWIW , my daughters are biracial teens and we ' re dong the college tours I ' d LOVE for my older one to get into at least one Ivy League next year younger one has several years before college and she is just as smart as her sister but doesn ' t have her heart set on an Ivy League like the older one does Your parents are racists . I ' m sorry they may not be overtly racist calling you names and crap , but they have racist attitudes . It may just be because you ' re adopted and not their genetic material and they might feel like that about ANY adopted child , but it sounds like they only think that about you . But you are fucking awesome ! You got into TWO Ivy League schools ! That is great and you should be proud of yourself ! Pick which one is better for you , go there , and kick some ass . Go to one of the Ivy League schools ! !! Take advantage of all they have to offer ! I am sorry , but you can ' t ever have the relationship you want with your parents . It ' s not your fault they suck . FWIW , I ' m proud of you and you rock . I ' d be so damn proud of my kid if she got into one of the schools we ' ve looked at . Your parents deserve a very stern lecture from me about how they ' ve fucked up .