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

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As a parent of mixed race kids in Japan (white British and Japanese) it was interesting to read this book about the experience of being mixed race in the Uk. As the. aunt of two mixed-race nephews, I read this with real interest. Interesting reading that made me think, even more. NAOMI EVANS (she/her) is a 37-year-old Head of Drama at a secondary school in the South East of England, an anti-racist educator, speaker and writer. She has been a teacher since completing her PGCE at the London Institute of Education in 2005 and has a wealth of experience in training and leadership within the education system. She is working to influence change in education to ensure the curriculum is not just taught through a white lens. She is also interested in the representation of parenthood in the UK since becoming a mother herself. She has been married for 10 years and is the mother of two young children. An important read, an engaging, easy to read, book about the challenges and joys of being mixed race in the UK, especially having been raised in a white majority area. There are various chapters on key topics, including; Identity, micro aggressions, racist family members, interracial relationships, hair. In each chapter the sisters write about their experiences alongside interviews from other mixed race people. The book is informative, interesting, thought provoking and relatable, whether you are mixed race or wish to have more understanding of the mixed race experience, I would recommend this book.

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Daniel, G. R., Kina, L., Dariotis, W. M., & Fojas, C. (2014). Emerging paradigms in critical mixed race studies. Journal of Critical Mixed Race Studies, 1(1), 353.

The synopsis explains: “Weaving in real life stories from people in the UK who identify as being mixed race, are in a mixed race relationship or are raising mixed race children, practical advice and research to dispel common myths and stereotypes, this book is for anyone who needs help navigating a world that still struggles to understand mixed race people. From what it's like to grow up in a majority white area and handling racism in your own family, to understanding colourism, navigating mixed-race microaggressions and internalised racism, this book is a thought-provoking, sensitive, challenging and deeply moving look at identity and belonging.” This is part one of Vox First Person’s exploration of multiracial identity in America. Read part two here and part three here .

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I know you are tagging me because of how this relates to [son] but I was like should I comment on this? Because really I'm just white af Guy, S. B. (2018). Exceptionalism with non-validation: The social inconsistencies of being mixed race in Australia. Journal of Intercultural Studies, 39(4), 466–480. Caballero, C. (2012). Draughtboard Alley’ to `Brown Britain’: the ordinariness of mixedness in British life. In R. Edwards, S. Ali, C. Caballero, & M. Song (Eds.), International perspectives on racial and ethnic mixedness and mixing. Routledge.Now is the perfect time to use this blending of races and cultures to bridge communities – you could say that mixed-race people are the future. Get into it! So how is race and mixed race talked about now, and how does the Australian situation compare to elsewhere? Ifekwunigwe ( 2004) identified three stages through which theorising mixed-race has occurred—the age of pathology, the age of celebration and the age of critique. Since the ‘marginal man’ thesis (Stonequist, 1937), which argued that mixed people are disturbed, excluded, and will never fit in to either identity until absorbed into the dominant group, theorising the position of mixed race people has moved on. In fact, Park’s ( 1928) original conceptualisation of the marginal man, from which Stonequist elaborated, was actually not as negative and deterministic. As Daniel et al., ( 2014: 16) argue, Park recognised that marginality, while it may exclude mixed individuals from full participation as members of either group, does allow identification with more than one racial or cultural group, providing individuals with a “broader vision and wider range of sympathies. …[their] alienation …could be counterbalanced by the role such individuals might play in facilitating mutual understanding between groups and between individuals from different groups.” (see also Newman, 2021).

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This book is everything, it’s powerful, emotional, thought provoking and a kind way to explore race with compassion. I identify proudly as a multiracial woman and as a woman of color. This is because the world sees me as a woman of color. I’ve never been perceived as a white woman. Hage, G. (1998). White nation: Fantasies of white supremacy in a multicultural nation. Pluto Press.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.