The Biracial Identity: Being Grey in a Black & White AmericaPosted in Articles, Autobiography, Campus Life, Identity Development/Psychology, Media Archive, United States on 2019-07-30 18:56Z by Steven |
The Biracial Identity: Being Grey in a Black & White America
Her Campus at UCD
2018-03-05
Adrien York, UCD Contributor
University of California, Davis
Image courtesy of the author
With Black History Month — the shortest month of the year — being over, I find myself reflecting even more than usual on my racial identity. I have a white mom and a black dad; I’m black and white, or white and black, or mixed, or whatever the heck I’m supposed to call it.
I wish I could call it grey and have people know what I mean, because being mixed paradoxically feels like being both and neither at the same time. It always feels like I’m not “black enough” or not “white enough” to be accepted by either. For a long time this was a weight on my existence, but I’ve recently come to the conclusion that being black and being white are not mutually exclusive.
And I love living in the middle…
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