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Mixed? Me? No! Well…Kind of. Technically. Should I care?
Racialicious posted something today that brought up a topic I struggle with from time to time, mostly whenever I’m filling out some form that asks about my racial identity and asks me to select all...
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Marvel must have been as upset as I was
about Disney fucking up and not recognizing the black struggle in Captain America, because some CRAZY-ASS SHIT was announced yesterday: The new Spiderman in the Ultimate Spiderman comic book series IS...
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I don’t know how to handle the term "mixed"
Specifically in the context of persons who usually are not close to me in any way who feel the need to ask me, “Are you mixed?” or are so audacious as to presume a mixed racial background and bust...
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Mini-doc on being Afro-Latino
You should watch it. It’s a gem. Intersectionality for the muthafuckin win.
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I am not ‘Half …
I am not ‘Half Japanese’ and ‘Half Lithuanian Jewish.’ When I’m singing a Japanese folk song, I don’t sing with half my voice, but with my whole voice. When I’m taping together my grandparents’ Jewish...
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Because when a …
Because when a man tells a Black woman that she looks mixed as a form of endearment, he’s insinuating that her beauty comes from the (allegedly) non-Black part of her. All they’re effectively saying...
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I am not Africa…
I am not African. Africa is in me, but I cannot return. I am not Taina. Taino is in me, but there is no way back. I am not European. Europe lives in me, but I have no home there. I am new. History made...
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I found myself …
I found myself wondering today if there is a place in the world where being a Black Queer Mixed Femme, like myself, is the majority. I wonder if there is some sort of secret island out there where they...
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