Black, Mixed, Metisse, Exotic, Afropino, Fulatto
Christina Lewis Halpern New York City, NY The strange thing about race in the western world is the strong need to put people’s identities into...
I’m mixed with black and blacker.
SaMantha Shields Houston, TX I’ve been all over the world and I’ve been called pretty much any race you could think of. It drives me...
Raised mixed, married mixed, had mixed.
Alisha Partlow Eugene, OR My mother is red haired, blue eyed Danish/German. My father, dark haired, brown eyed Mexican. I married a man whose biological...
I love my mixed family
David Brandon Sumrall Riverside, CA I grew up in a family that was always racist, but as my cousins and I have grown, we now...
rich. polarizing. fierce. forgotten. remembered. love.
Rei New York City, NY The Bronx I’m half black half Puerto Rican born in the Bronx.
She’s so pretty, is she mixed?
Carla Los Angeles, CA This comment is what I often heard from many people, including my own regarding my daughter from birth until about 8...
Native Arizonan. Culturally mixed. Perpetually conflicted.
Joe Phoenix, AZ As a white, native born second generation Arizonian I sometimes feel slighted by inept decision making by our elected state and local...
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...
Our tears, all the same color.
Jasper LaFortune Corvallis, OR I don’t know what it’s like to be black, or Mexican, or mixed race, or anything but the collection of molecules...
Nice tan, are you a Mexican?
Amanda Kotyuk San Jacinto, CA My father was a cowboy, born and raised on the horse ranches of Melrose New Mexico. He was a mix...
Mixed Family all about love, always
Jeffery Sweet Kenosha, WI I am white and my wife is black. We have a son who is the most beautiful person in this world....
Your hair’s pretty. What are you?
Jessie V. West Sacramento, CA. As a little girl I was always told “you have such pretty hair” and then with that i was asked...
Mixed or not. All equals humanity
Pete Kersey Vero Beach, FL To clarify…it doesn’t matter if you are talking about mixed marriages, mixed blood lines or pure stock of any race….all...
Invisible white mother feels demographic betrayal
Amy Chai New Haven, CT I am “white.” I am not European-American, I do not have permission to honor my heritage with a hyphen. I...
There isn’t a box for Other
Traci Butler USA I’m a Caucasian mother of a beautiful, amazing little girl who happens to be of mixed heritage, because her father is from...
