'The experience of being part of a mixed-race family is ever-evolving.'
"There's not always a culture clash — not in my family. The labels of white and Black didn't exist. It's probably because my parents and family came from the same place, Belize. So despite their skin colors, they all loved the same food, music, and having a good time.""Growing up, I was an ambiguous Brown kid with an odd last name that no one could pronounce. My mother, a first-generation Texan from Mexico, tried to raise us Catholic.
The whole thing just makes me feel uncomfortable and a bit awkward. It raises so many contradictions because, on the one hand, I feel proud to be called beautiful, but on the other, I know I'm still viewed as less than and not good enough.
Decades later, much of that hate is gone — mainly because my mom devoted her retirement to caring for my grandparents. But truthfully, I'm still not over it. I still feel panicked when I think of having to see family during the holidays because I've been conditioned to believe that it will be miserable.
Overall, I always had trouble with my racial identity. I'd always feel like I never belonged; I was always too light-skinned or too tan. I love my family very much, but they don't understand how hard it can be sometimes. I always feel left out.""You're half of two things, which is great because you get twice the cultural exposure, but in my experience, you also never feel whole.
for a time, but I was never included in anything because I was just 'another white girl trying too hard.' As an adult, I'm now a proud hapa, but never knowing where to fit in hurt as a kid.""Because I never looked hapa, I was an outcast as a kid. I could speak decent Hawaiian and pidgin — but they hated that and hated mainlanders even more. I was a damn kid and told to shut up.
"It's also super racist to 'compliment' Brown people for their lighter-skinned kids. It's 2023, people. Keep that colorist shit to yourselves.""I'm mixed Native — Cherokee, Lakota, and white — but I'm mostly Native. My birth dad skipped out before I was born, and my mom grew up in a Catholic orphanage. My older half-brother's family, who are white, ended up adopting me.
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