Tag: mixed
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Book Review| The Year of the Witching by Alexis Henderson
Halloween Reads|The Year of the Witching by Alexis Henderson The Year of the Witching by Alexis Henderson is the first of a new series and the next entry into my Halloween Reads series. The concept of being excluded because of being mixed is what originally drew me to check out this book because I identified…
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Struggling to Fit in While Multi-racial
Growing up as more than race can be hard. You are constantly made to feel like an outsider. Stuck sitting in your shade of awkward gray. You get teased, or berated for being whatever mix you are. In public, people ask you the golden question, “What are you?” Which doesn’t lessen the feeling of being…
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How I Answer the Question “What Are You?”
As a multiracial woman I tend to hear this question often, What are you? Sometimes it makes me feel as if I am something abnormal. My answer can range from the truth to simply replying, “human” it depends on my mood. I used to say I am half of each race because that is the way I…
Just Talking Shep 