Mixed-ish puts forth a very narrow, self-centered, and unimaginative interpretation of what it means to be multicultural or multi-racial. By Nylah Burton Set in the 1980s, ABC’s mixed-ish, the newest black-ish spin-off, tells the story of Dr. Rainbow “Bow” Johnson’s (Arica Himmel) experience growing up biracial. The Johnson family — white father Paul (Mark-Paul Gosselaar),...
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Being Proud of my Blasian Identity Didn’t Come Without Some Pain
Despite the ongoing trauma I’ve experienced and the toxic things I’ve had to unlearn, I wouldn’t trade being Blasian for anything. Until recently, I thought that being a biracial Black and Asian person was no big deal. I look Black and was always closer to my African American dad than my Vietnamese mom, so I...
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White Supremacy Has a Deep Impact on Interracial Families
For interracial Black and white families, honest discussions about racism need to be had in a white supremacist world. By Savannah Lee-Thomas While I recognize that we are all the same species, due to pigmentation and a white supremacist culture, some of us are treated differently than others, and some of us are treated unfairly....
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Tinashe Doesn’t Understand How Colorism Works
Tinashe is misinterpreting what colorism actually means and how the power dynamics are in favor of light-skin Black women. In an interview for The Guardian, Pop-R&B singer, Tinashe discusses her career and various issues that she is grappling with, including growing up biracial (her father is from Zimbabwe and her mother is Danish). The 24-year-old...
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Biracial and Bisexual – Our Identities are Important.
I’ve had my ethnicities erased, fetishized or insulted and my bisexuality has been erased, fetishized or insulted. Different parts of who I am are attacked with similar tactics. When bisexuality isn’t being mischaracterized as being indecisive or greedy, it is being erased by cisgender, heterosexual folks which is partially why bisexual women face some of the...
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Stop Weaponzing Biracial Children
Raising biracial or multiracial children isn’t a band-aid you can slap onto the festering wound that is racism. Hi! It’s your local multiracial feminist here to remind you to stop weaponizing biracial and multiracial kids for the sake of making white supremacists angry. We have our own experiences, traumas and perceptions. We don’t simply exist...
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How Changing My Name Gave Me a Deeper Respect for the Resistance Trans Folks Face
There’s no doubt that so much of our identity is wrapped up in our name. Studies have shown how insidiously institutionalized racism and sexism appear when changing the gender or apparent race of a job applicant’s name. Economists have done studies on how people with African-American sounding names will be less likely to receive job...
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Why I Almost Chose an Arranged Marriage
For as long as I can remember, I wanted to get married. A huge part of this desire was most certainly Disney movies and romantic comedies, where a dorky bookworm like me takes off her glasses, becomes beautiful, and weds the hunk everyone else covets. Another part was that getting married felt like an escape...