Who Told You That You Are Black or White?

Have you ever called someone black or white without thinking twice?

Most of us have. It feels normal. Everyone does it.

But normal does not always mean true.

In this book, Dionel Cornelia asks one simple question: where did these words come from, and what have they been doing to us ever since?

No brown-skinned person has skin the color of ink. No peach-skinned person has skin the color of snow. So how did real colors become labels that divided the world?

This is not a book about blame. It is not here to make you feel guilty or put on trial. It is here to show you something so clearly that you will never quite see it the same way again.

Written from personal experience, from growing up in Curaçao to living in the Netherlands, this is a quiet, honest conversation about language, identity, and the culture we have all been living inside without question.

The truth is simpler than you think. It starts with you.