The Mixed-Race Experience: Reflections and Revelations on Multicultural Identity

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I am a mix of Brazilian and Lebanese descent. I think my identity is very much like a Venn diagram, where I keep moving around those various circles and the overlap keeps changing all the time. The one thing I have kept constant is some sense of mixedness. If I have to put myself in a commonly recognized box, it would be Latino. This is absolutely incredible. I can’t imagine how useful and relatable and freeing this book must be to those that identify as mixed-race; as a white person I always want to be better and learn and understand the struggles that I will never face. To learn that I should speak with purpose and thought, that we all intentionally or unintentionally invite ignorance into the conversation and how we can unlearn these things and help make progress for those that need it. To give space to everyone, to be a safe space for everyone. Bonilla-Silva, E. (2004). From bi-racial to tri-racial: Towards a new system of racial classification in the USA. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 27(6), 931–950. But there is a fourth pillar to be considered along with the legacies of colonisation, the White Australia policy and the Stolen Generations, and that is the legacy of multiculturalism. Multiculturalism became policy in the early 1970s and has come to be the foundation of a distinctive Australian identity (Brett & Moran, 2011). However rather than celebrating racial diversity, the selective ‘colour blindness’ that invisibilises Australia’s colonial history of dispossession, racist migration policy, and the removal of Indigenous mixed children, was also the basis of policies of multiculturalism, which privileged culture over race, and recognised cultural difference while ignoring the very real effects of racial disadvantage (Perkins, 2004). This became evident when former Prime Minister John Howard said he would prefer Australia had a multi racial policy rather than a multi cultural one (Norrington, 2010). Howard’s preference was for a nation made up of people of different colours sharing a single culture, with national identity primary. McGregor, R. (2002). ‘Breed out the colour’ or the importance of being white. Australian Historical Studies, 33(120), 286–302.

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Editor Mireille Harper acquired UK, Commonwealth and Europe (non-exclusive rest of the world) rights, excluding Canada and US, including audio, from Silé Edwards at Mushens Entertainment.This book also looks outwards, applying a critical eye to the inherent racism of society, even in parents or family members of mixed race people, with a view to promoting an honest assessment and modifying how people are viewed or behaved towards. I found that very helpful in thinking about my own way of seeing people and thinking about how the mixed race experience is similar but also different from the wider issue of racism. a b "Hafu". Netflix Media Center. Archived from the original on 2017-06-02 . Retrieved December 25, 2017.

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This is the first book I've read that really dedicates its focus to the mixed-race experience, or experiences, because as the authors note, there is no one mixed-race reality, but a plurality of lives and stories. The approach is mostly through anecdotes of lived experience, with a little history and theory woven through for context, which feels like the right (and perhaps only) way to take on this topic. Fozdar, F., & Stevens, C. (2020). Measuring mixedness in Australia. In The Palgrave international handbook of mixed racial and ethnic classification (pp. 605–627). Palgrave Macmillan.My mom went to great lengths to make sure that I could succeed in the US. When I was still quite little, my Spanish skills were actually developing at a better pace than my English ones. That is, until someone suggested to her that if my English skills didn’t improve, I would be at risk of falling behind the other kids and need speech therapy. This really spurred her to take serious action. She read countless books to me every night in English until I was a bookworm who sounded as Midwestern as the rest of my neighbors. To this day, out of all the things she remembers about my academic career, my high marks on English tests are some of the ones she’s proudest of. But I would be remiss if I did not mention the efforts of my mother to teach me about her and my identity, homeland, and culture, too. She always taught me to be fiercely proud of my blended heritage, and to never be afraid to share it with others. I’m here to tell you, after 25 years of writing and interrogating my own roots and identity, that it doesn’t have to be this way. But where do we begin, especially if we barely know any other mixed-race people? She is working to influence change in education to ensure the curriculum is not just taught through a white lens. This book is everything, it’s powerful, emotional, thought provoking and a kind way to explore race with compassion. Race will always be a schizophrenic issue and the only way to dismantle the idea that white is the ‘ruler’ or the ‘leader’ is to ensure that racial education is taught from all perspectives. We first listen to our parents then we listen to our teachers. We then listen to our social circles and take bite-size pieces to formulate our own idea of race for what it was, what it is now and for what it will become. It will anger us, it will make us rage, it will make others uncomfortable but this is the cycle and has been for as long as we can remember.

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Hafu' ". The Japan Times. 3 October 2013. Archived from the original on 2016-09-24 . Retrieved August 25, 2019.This is a terrific look into a UK-based mixed race experience for younger mixed race people or those who want to educate themselves on the issues specifically surrounding the mixed experience. Khoo, S. (2011). Intermarriage, integration and multiculturalism: A demographic perspective. In M. Clyne & J. Jupp (Eds.), Multiculturalism and integration: A harmonious relationship (pp. 101–119). ANU Press. I’ve been called ethnically ambiguous by more than one person. It makes me feel like a blank slate sometimes. But in some ways, it is kind of cool because I feel like if someone’s trying to identify with you or call you one of them, that creates openness to actually connect with people.