my experiences being mixedĀ
I made this post on 11/14/22 but iāll probably post it way later.
For background:
Mom: Afro-Latina š©š“ & Garifuna (Black-Native)Ā
Dad: Latino-Asian š§š· (Indian & Japanese)
Before I get into the other stuff iām just going say that iām not saying being mixed is horrible,Ā you have a share of beautiful cultures and people. When I tell you the food at my house is so good. And the cultural clothes are so pretty.Ā
racism/xenophobia
Both sides of my family would slip up and say stuff about asians eating dogs, saying the n-word etc. but they would always follow up with ānot you though, i know youāre not like themā but i was like them, i shared the same culture, same ancestors as them. So they didnāt realize when they said shit like that they were still insulting me.Ā
mixed privilege
Iām brownskin with 3c/4a hair so iāve facedĀ both the positive and negative sides of colorism and texturism. Iāve had my black side of the family praise me for havingĀ āgood hairā but the asian side tried to get me to straighten it. Itās very interesting being brownskin, because although I didnt get the privilege lightskins did , i didnt get the blatant discrimination darkskins faced either. My abuela would tell me to not stay in the sun too long so I wouldnāt getĀ ātoo darkāĀ
fetishization
Iāve had people literally try to be friends with me because they have this weird blasian fetish its honestly fucking disgusting.Ā
invalidation
I didnāt really have a problem with my identity until I got to high school and went on social media. I had people telling me that I shouldnāt say my dad was fully asian because he was half indian when india is literally in asia.Ā i was constantly told that I was lying about my race and told that I wasnāt x enough to claim it. I rep ALL my flags regardless of percentage. Also people saying im not latina when both of my parents are because they didnt realize latina is an ethnicity not a race. The whole blood quantam thing was created by white colonists to erase native history. My kids will be native, and my grandkids, grandkids will be native regardless of what āpercentageā they are.
I just wanted to kinda vent or maybe help people who understand have someone to relate to. dmās are open













