Where are you from? No, really.
Sunil Yapa, New York, NY. I’m biracial and grew up in rural Pennsylvania. The question where are you from has always hounded and haunted me....
Married a white girl, now what??
Kyle Lim, Grand Rapids, MI. As a biracial individual, I learned early-on how to de-emphasize certain aspects of my racial identity depending on who I...
I’m Biracial and I am prejudice
Ana Vega Rios, New Braunfels, TX. Self-awareness is the first step in moving forward. We all are prejudice in some way, it’s about being authentic...
Is this all on one check?
Mary Henry Oxford, OH I am white, my husband is black, our daughter is biracial. If I’m out with just my husband or just my...
Adopted. Raised as white. No identity.
Anonymous Kennewick, WA Being Latina, with a white name, but in knowledge of my Latino surname. I try to be supportive of my friends with...
Being biracial makes me an edgewalker.
Anonymous Ann Arbor, MI The concept of being an “edgewalker” is from Nina Boyd Krebs–it means you can move between cultural traditions and cultural communities...
Yes I’m Black no not biracial
David, Detroit, MI. To the cops, I am “white”. To many others I am “not” black. I don’t try to pass and I don’t try...
I wish I had blue eyes
Ericka Danko, Santa Monica,CA. This is my son, Ziggy. He is adopted from birth and he is biracial. He has told me that he wishes...
Not All Mixed People Are Biracial.
Ashley L., Durham, NC. For much of my life, people have asked and assumed that because of the way my sister and I look that...
My Daughter’s biracial, and I worry
Raenette White, Moreno Valley, CA. Shout out to California Baptist University.
People ask, are my children adopted?
Amy Hueitt Gastonia, NC I am black and white. My children are black and white! Genetics play an important role in how we appear. My...
Female white, wife black, child biracial
Susan Siegel New York City, NY Brooklyn l am living on the backs of those that struggled and fought so that I can live my...
I’m not a half-breed or mutt.
Jessica Thomas Bloomington, IN I guess being biracial gave people the right to refer to me in the same way that they would a dog....
Pessimistic poster child for post-racial promise
Anonymous Brooklyn, NY Biracial (white and Asian). Partnered with a white man from rural West Virginia. We don’t experience much (if any) hostility. I’m told...
Daughter biracial, father pushed us away.
Dawn E Josiah Landis, NC My daughter is Hawaiian American. I’m the white part of her, her dad is the Hawaiian part of her. After...
