biracial individuals identify as how they’re treated, not how they see themselves. |
For most of my life, I primarily identified as biracial, multiracial, or mixed, but over the last year, where I’ve encountered more racism and privilege than I have in the 40-something previous years—and that includes 18 years in Virginia—I notice that I’m more likely to identify as Black. This jives with my own dissertation findings that biracial individuals identify as how they’re treated, not how they see themselves.
Johanna Workman, Facebook Post, November 14, 2012. http://www.facebook.com/#!/johanna.workman.96/posts/4746274822162.
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