Racial identity is not merely a matter of appearance or genetics, but is one factor combined with social and cultural experiences that have shaped each person’s racial experience. |
Racial identity is not merely a matter of appearance or genetics, but is one factor combined with social and cultural experiences that have shaped each person’s racial experience. Policing how multiracial people chose to identify neglects our right to understand the experiences that we feel best reflect ourselves.
Audrey Majors, “Redefining — by not defining — biracialism,” The Daily Illini, (March 31, 2015). http://www.dailyillini.com/opinion/columns/article_6ff729b4-d711-11e4-9575-0f53ae9eeb99.html.
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