I used to lie about my ethnicity when I was in high school

So, I am mixed race, black and white. I grew up in predominantly white area and went to a predominantly white school. Kids in my school would often make jokes about the black kids in my school (there were 4) that did not seem to be directed at me, so I knew they did not see me as black. However, I received constant micro aggressions like being told that I am pretty "for a black girl" or "one of the whitest black people I know". It was really confusing to me as I was use to black people saying these types of thing to me as well. I felt like I didn't "belong" anywhere.<br><br>In my junior year of high school (I was 15) one of my classmates parents had died in a drunk driving accident and the student started going around telling everyone that he was actually the one who hit and killed the parents. Obviously, he didn't actually do it and I knew that but I started using it as a joke for myself. Whenever people started asking me about my race, I would make some BS story up about how I am actually not black or white and that I am actually something else. I was actually Asian. The reason I look black is because my parents found out we had a curse on our family, generations ago one of my ancestors had been killed by a black woman who believed he had wronged her. To get rid of the curse, we had to move to the USA and live as black people for 5 generations. However, the reason I do not act black is because my family did not "convert" to the black culture we had to live as black people but still practice all of our Asian traditions in secret.<br><br>I also used to tell people that I was half Arab, and my dad was in a terrorist organization which is why I moved to the USA. And that I was not actually from the USA or the town I was in, I was from a completely different town in a different state and I just moved here after witnessing a murder take place.<br><br>I know this was a fucked up thing to do and I have not told anyone this secret since 2018. The reason I bring it up now is that I recently learned that the student who had told everyone they had killed their parents had gotten in a lot of trouble over it. Their family was able to sue the school for not taking more disciplinary actions but the student had also developed a lot of social anxiety and depression afterwards. I am thankful that no one ever believed my lies and that I did not have to deal with any backlash. I am still "friends" with a few people from my school on social media but we are not actually close.