‘What are you?’

Posted in Articles, Autobiography, Media Archive, United Kingdom on 2017-02-19 00:25Z by Steven

‘What are you?’

Varsity
Cambridge, United Kingdom
2017-02-03

Gabrielle McGuinness


Being mixed race defies binaries and confuses people.
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Gabrielle McGuinness talks about being mixed race

‘So, ummmm…what are you?’

‘I’m sorry, what?’ I say.

‘Like where are you from.’

‘Oh! I’m British’, I’ll reply enthusiastically, trying to end the conversation there.

‘No, I mean where are you really from?’…

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