#growingupmixed

here is a blog post from @jessicaraesparkles about her #mixedexperience and how she presented herself as #White and how she's unlearned and accepted all sides of herself. there's always a story behind why people do this - survival, etc. read the rest of the blog post in my bio! thanks jessica for sharing! comment if this relates to your experiences 👇🏼 #mixedgirlproblems #whitepresenting #whitepassing #growingupmixed #beingmixed #generationaltrauma (at London, England, UK) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cnka6fPuI-z/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

@justinapatton: "I am mixed with #Creole #PuertoRican & #White :) #Growingupmixed I never really knew how to view myself. It was a constant identity crisis. (Not going to lie there’s still times when I feel that way). I’ve always been proud to be #mixed, but for years I just found myself not embracing it the way I should have. My hair in particular was the one feature of myself I wish I had loved more. Since my mom didn't have the same hair texture as me or the curls I had it was difficult for her to do my and my sisters hair. When I was 13 I highlighted my hair for the first time and then when I was 15 I got a straight perm on my hair. I did so much to my hair in my teens that by the time I was 20 my curls were not the same and my hair was very damaged. It has taken most of my early 20s for my hair to recover and for my curls to come back to the way they were when I was young. I just want for young girls to embrace who they are and love their hair texture and love their curls because they are beautiful and they are a part of what makes you unique!! I hope that girls who are of #mixedrace can embrace every part of themselves and do not let society dictate how you should act or be!" 🇵🇷🇺🇸🏳️🏴 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Sep. 15 - Oct. 15 is #LatinxHeritageMonth! DM me your stories and experiences about being a #mixedlatina for a feature!! October is also #FilipinoAmericanHistoryMonth! DM me your experiences about being a #mixedfilipina for a feature! Check out my How To: Be Featured Story for a Shoutout! ☝️ Following me is required! Want to be featured faster?? Follow and dm my personal page @donnisbutterfly and LET ME KNOW THERE YOU SUBMITTED HERE AS WELL! 💋 #mixedgirlproblems #mixedgirl https://www.instagram.com/p/CUvKsAilmr1/?utm_medium=tumblr

@moretamarii: "My Name is Mari ( pronounced Mah- ree ) I’m #AfroLatina, #Dominican 🇩🇴 and #Guatemalan 🇬🇹, my biggest #mixedgirlproblem is people never wanting to accept I am both #Black and #Hispanic. A lot of people want to dilute my identity, especially my black side. #Growingupmixed has definitely opened my eyes to the world 🌎 and I am grateful no matter how hard it can be." ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ September is #LatinxHeritageMonth! DM me your stories and experiences about being a #mixedlatina for a feature!! Check out my How To: Be Featured Story for a Shoutout! ☝️ Following me is required! Want to be featured faster?? Follow and dm my personal page @donnisbutterfly and LET ME KNOW THERE YOU SUBMITTED HERE AS WELL! 💋 #mixedgirlmonday #mixedgirl #mixedgirlproblems https://www.instagram.com/p/CUVt4tfFttH/?utm_medium=tumblr

#way🔙wednesday tweet dump + #growingupmixed 💬 any tweets resonate? #mixedgirlproblems #twitter #followme (at Twitter) https://www.instagram.com/p/CRmTMTdFtVd/?utm_medium=tumblr

April's #newprofilepic winner is.... @istudythestars!: "Hi, my name is Lili and I'm #Black, #Lebanese, and #Cherokee! #GrowingUpMixed I feel like I was very fortunate to have lived in an incredibly racially and ethnically diverse and fully integrated area, in which I was able to be in touch with and accepted by each of my cultural communities! I was one of many mixed kids at my school growing up and I learned to accept being mixed and that being mixed is beautiful. My biggest piece of #MixedIdentityAdvice is to realize that you are not a conglomeration of percentages and to accept yourself as whole. To me, it doesn't matter how much of what I am because at the end of the day, I am Black, I am Lebanese, I am Cherokee. They are all a part of me and I am a part of them, no if, ands, or buts about it. Being mixed to me means realizing that we are all whole, all unique, and all a part of each other, and that's a beautiful thing." 🏴🇺🇸🇱🇧 Thanks to everyone who entered! Don't forget to try again in May! Congrats to Lili! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Check out my How To: Be Featured Story for a Shoutout! ☝️ Following me is required! Want to be featured faster?? Follow my personal page @donnisbutterfly and LET ME KNOW YOU SUBMITTED HERE! 💋 #mixedgirl #tbt https://www.instagram.com/p/CNItKmRl7Ig/?igshid=342fgubvuscu

@emspringerdc: “After seeing the rise in Asian hate crimes for months, and then ATL— the grief that this could be my elders, fam or even me cut deep. To be clear, my proximity to whiteness has afforded me a lifetime of privilege. #Growingupmixed—#AsianAmerican + #White— I’ve rarely been in situations where my fair skin with yellow undertones felt like it mattered. 🏳️🌏 At the same time I am not White. I’ve had people stretch their eyes at me, drop slurs— even had a white kid with a box cutter flash the blade and tell me he was going to kill all Asian people. Was told I was “being sensitive” or that “it was just a joke” if I ever called people out. At the same time I’ve also been told I’m “not REALLY Asian.” The realization that the dominant majority is what caused my mom side to assimilate, forcing her and subsequently me to hide our identity for white comfort disgusts me. While I work through the shame, anger, and grief, finding this community has been incredible. Someone said to me in a forum recently that they’ve stopped calling themselves “half Asian” because they are a whole person. Full stop. Sharing all this here because this space is so needed— thank you for having me and for being here. You all are my whole people. #BLM #stopAsianhate #mixedbutwhole #asiansforBlacklives Resources: @asiansformentalhealth @asians4antiracism @beyonkz" ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Check out my How To: Be Featured Story for a Shoutout! ☝️ Following me is required! Want to be featured faster?? Follow and dm my personal page @donnisbutterfly and LET ME KNOW THERE YOU SUBMITTED HERE AS WELL! 💋 #mixedgirlproblem #mixedgirl #white #mixedgirlproblems #black #mixed #biracial #mixedgirlmonday #mixedgirlproblems https://www.instagram.com/p/CSsII6NlED5/?utm_medium=tumblr

"only bubble in one ethnicity" HOW? HOW!!!!! 🥴🤔😟🤨 #mixedgirlproblems #growingupmixed #mixedmemes (at Twitter) https://www.instagram.com/p/CRbtN6YleoY/?utm_medium=tumblr

it's the solidarity for me! 🥺🤩🙌🏼🙌🏿🤝 thank you to @around20_ for this post! 💛🤎🖤🤍 (make sure to hit translate since the original post is in #german) #repost via • @around20_ Liebe*r #Mixed Schwester/ Bruder, niemals werden wir nachempfinden können, wie es ist, auf einem Personalbogen nur eine Herkunft ankreuzen zu können. Niemals werden wir wissen wie es ist, nicht beide Muttersprachen sprechen zu können und aufgrund dessen das Gefühl vermittelt zu bekommen, weniger zu dem einen oder weniger zu dem anderen Land zu gehören. Niemals werden wir verstehen können, wie es ist, einen Elternteil zu haben, der sich als Betroffene*r aktiv gegen Rassismus einsetzt, während der andere Elternteil mit Mikroaggressionen und subtilem Alltagsrassismus behaftet ist. Wer selbst nicht mixed ist, wird niemals verstehen können, wie schwer es ist, Jahre damit zu verbringen, sich selbst und seine Community zu suchen. Aber wir können dir, liebe Schwester, lieber Bruder sagen: in der schwarzen Community hast du immer einen Platz. Wir sind dein Zuhause, wir nehmen dich mit offenen Armen auf, denn du bist eine*r von uns. Wir lieben euch. Ihr seid wertvoll. Ihr seid einzigartig. Ihr seid eine Explosion an wunderschönen Merkmalen zweier Herkünfte. Ihr seid unsere Brüder und Schwestern. Love, A20 🤎 #growingupmixed#betweentwocultures#mixedkid#alettertomyfamily#schweigenwargestern#blackcommunitygermany#identitycrisis#findyourownway#persönlichkeitsfindung#selbstfindung#mixedfamily #mixedkids #identitätskrise #communitytalk#talkshow#youtubedeutschland #diaspora #afrodeutsch#afropean #mixedgirlproblems #solidaritysunday (at Germany) https://www.instagram.com/p/CO8tiIKFU02/?igshid=1g31nfq7y9mp2