#biracial problems

You take your shoes off in your home

You have house slippers.

You always tell people to take their shoes off inside.

Feel uncomfortable at other people's houses if they tell you to keep your shoes on inside.

Everyone asks you for help with math, and god, please stop.

Eating soba noodles for new years eve

Annual mochitsuki at church

People keep asking for anime recommendations as if I'm an encyclopedia of anime knowledge even though I don't watch that much of it.

Asking if I speak fluent Japanese, which I don't, I only know bits and pieces of the language. Enough to fake a conversation on the phone if I'm walking by myself and I feel unsafe.

"Teach me curse words in Japanese!"

Had an improv section for a theatre class. You were given a scenario and a language to imitate to try and convey the scene. Someone got Japanese and the first thing they say is "Hentai." Which translates to pervert basically. I felt very uncomfortable that day because the improv game was sort of racist.

Getting asked what my other ethnicity was (Mexican) and getting comments saying, "oh, that's so interesting, I've never talked to someone like you before."

I don't see a lot of representation of my specific heritage and I want to become that in the future for other kids who want it. The only person I can think of who is close to my ethnicity in media is Ryan Bergara, who is Mexican, Filipino and Japanese.

I am white passing which inevitably has people convinced I'm lying about who I am.

Like how white ppl think it’s cool to say that we look “ethnically ambiguous” as a compliment and highlight how much better we look than other black peoples . Or, maybe (like me), your black parent has a complicated relationship with their race so you don’t know if you’re connected to your heritage enough to speak on it. Or black kids at school didn’t think you were black enough, even though you weren’t ever white enough either. And maybe you were raised mostly by your non black parent. And your non-black parent may not be white, but I can’t speak to those struggles though I know they exist.

i’m happy the posts help even if they’re not exactly your experience. for what its worth, i don’t believe you’re a watered down black person. you’re black and you’re also white. its strange to me that non-mixed ppl will try to put us in one category even though by our very existence we can’t be. its frustrating because being mixed comes with its own distinct loneliness of not being fully accepted by any group. its part of the reason i started this blog!! so i could feel less lonely in these specific experiences so even though its frustrating pls know that you’re not alone in feeling this way and you’ve made me (and the followers of this blog) feel less alone in expressing this. and you’re always welcome here!

I’ve seen Coco twice now and loved it with my entire heart, but it’s left this sense of loss behind? 

I’m latina, but I was raised by my white mother and every time I ask my immigrant father about our history, or family, or original homeland, I am blocked with “what has the past ever done for us?”